NASA's sending an octocopter-lander to Saturn's cloud-covered moon, Titan, with SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket with a launch scheduled for 2028.

The mission is expected to fly in the period from July 5 to July 25, 2028, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida to explore the moon called Titan. “Dragonfly centers on novel approach to planetary exploration, employing a rotorcraft-lander to travel between and sample diverse sites on Saturn's largest moon,” NASA said in a statement.

NASA announced Monday that it has selected SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly mission to Saturn's largest moon Titan sometime in July 2028.

NASA is teaming up with SpaceX to provide launch services for its upcoming mission to explore Saturn's moon Titan. The space agency announced a $256.6 million contract with SpaceX to support the launch of the Dragonfly mission – a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA's New Frontiers Program,

NASA announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its ambitious Dragonfly mission that will place a rotorcraft lander at Saturn's moon of Titan as part of its New Frontiers Program.

The powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Dragonfly spacecraft on a multi-year journey to Saturn’s largest moon Titan.

NASA awarded SpaceX a firm-fixed-price contract valued at approximately $256.6 million for the Dragonfly mission, which includes launch services and other mission-related costs, a