Relevant Mission: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts A conceptual design of a submersible autonomous vehicle (submarine) to explore extraterrestrial seas. Specifically, to send a submarine to Titan's largest northern sea, Kraken Mare. This craft will autonomously carry out detailed scientific investigations...
we could explore Titan’s seas yet. Last month, NASA announced the concept of sending a submarine to Titan instead. At this point, it’s just an idea --- one that also has to be survive many rounds of funding decision
Venus is an extreme world. With a surface temperature in excess of 840 degreesFahrenheit(450 degreeCelsius) and a surface pressure 90 times that of Earth, Venus can turn lead into a puddle and crush a nuclear-powered submarine with ease. While many missions have visited our sister planet, o...
NASA scientists are preparing to paint the most detailed picture to date of the atmosphere of Venus when the aptly named DAVINCI — or Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble Gases, Chemistry, and Imaging — mission drops a probe to the planet's surface. When the 3-foot-wide (0.9 mete...
of photons of sunlight. Theoretically, such a vessel could accelerate to speeds much faster than today’s rocket-powered spacecraft. The first test version of a solar sail, completely privately funded, is supposed to enter space next year on a missile launched from a Russian nuclear submarine....