A proposed mission to Titan using NASAs NEXT ion engine @benwl
A proposed mission to Titan using NASAs NEXT ion engine @benwl
Uploaded April 2007 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A proposed mission to Saturn's moon Titan using NASA's NEXT ion engine. The NEXT ion thruster is capable of delivering 236 milliNewtons of force over the course of the multi-year mission to deliver a satellite and a lander to Titan.

For the Titan mission, both an orbiter and a lander could be sent to the distant moon, which lies more than 1 billion kilometres from the Sun.
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A proposed mission to Titan using NASA's NEXT ion engine

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