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Titan sample return mission being explored by NASA engineers – SpaceFlight Insider
Funded by a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program grant, scientists are exploring a possible mission to return samples from Saturn’s moon Titan.
Artist’s conception of Titan sample return mission. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins/APL
Funded by a $125,000 grant from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, engineers and scientists are exploring a possible future mission to return samples from Saturn’s large moon Titan.
NIAC, which funds research into innovative technology that could be used in future space missions, awarded the grant to researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
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