Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance

The Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance (AVIATR) is a proposed unmanned plane (or drone) which if approved, will take high-definition images of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan to help scientists understand the moon's geology. It is planned that at the end of the mission, the unmanned plane will attempt a landing on Titan's dunes.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "AVIATR: An Airplane Mission for Titan". Universetoday.com. 2012-01-02. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Soaring on Titan: Drone designed to scout Saturn's moon". nbcnews.com. 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  3. ↑ "The plane built to soar above the clouds - on Saturn's mysterious moon Titan". Daliymail.co.uk. 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2013-02-26.


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