NASA announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its ambitious Dragonfly mission that will place a rotorcraft lander at Saturn's moon of Titan as part of its New Frontiers Program.

The space agency announced a $256.6 million contract with SpaceX to support the launch of the Dragonfly mission – a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA's New Frontiers Program, which funds a series of medium-class spacecraft expeditions to explore the solar system. Dragonfly is the fourth mission in this program, and will cost about $3.35 billion.

NASA has selected SpaceX and its Falcon Heavy rocket for an upcoming high-profile science mission that is estimated to cost $3.35 billion.

The mission is expected to fly in the period from July 5 to July 25, 2028, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida to explore the moon called Titan. “Dragonfly centers on novel approach to planetary exploration, employing a rotorcraft-lander to travel between and sample diverse sites on Saturn's largest moon,” NASA said in a statement.

NASA announced Monday that it has selected SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly mission to Saturn's largest moon Titan sometime in July 2028.

NASA awarded SpaceX a firm-fixed-price contract valued at approximately $256.6 million for the Dragonfly mission, which includes launch services and other mission-related costs, a