Ukrainian technology company BlueBird Tech will participate in the NASA Dragonfly space mission: the brand name and mention of Ukraine will be placed on a special silicon microchip that will reach Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Ukrainian technology company BlueBird Tech will participate in the NASA Dragonfly space mission: the brand name and mention of Ukraine will be placed on a special silicon microchip that will reach Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
The microchip will travel more than 3.5 billion kilometers to become part of one of the most anticipated research missions of our time.
"For BlueBird Tech, this is an opportunity to declare our native Ukraine at the international level. For us, it is symbolic to join NASA's ambitious scientific project, which will help humanity better understand the origin of the Universe. We are confident that Ukrainian technologies and engineering expertise should be heard in the world at all levels - from defense developments to space exploration," emphasized BlueBird Tech CEO Valeriy Zarubin.
The company has already received an official symbolic boarding pass to participate in the interplanetary research program.
The main task of the Dragonfly mission is to find out whether chemical conditions similar to those that preceded the emergence of life on Earth could have formed on Titan.
Dragonfly is a robotic flying octocopter with eight propellers. Thanks to Titan's dense atmosphere and low gravity, the device will be able to fly from place to place, explore different areas of the moon and collect soil samples for analysis.
The phenomenon of Titan is one of the most amazing celestial bodies in the Solar System. On its surface there are rivers, lakes and seas, but instead of water they are filled with liquid methane and ethane, and the atmosphere is saturated with complex hydrocarbon compounds.
The Dragonfly mission is scheduled to launch in July 2028 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The spacecraft is expected to reach Titan's surface in December 2034.
