Dragonfly Cost, Schedule Challenged, NASA Audit Finds | Aviation Week Network

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Mark Carreau
September 09, 2025

Artist's concept of Dragonfly on the surface of Titan NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

Artist’s concept of Dragonfly on the surface of Titan.

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

NASA’s groundbreaking Dragonfly planetary science mission to Saturn’s largest moon Titan is plagued by a series of cost and schedule delays that have increased the mission’s estimated price tag by at least $1 billion, an agency inspector general’s audit shows. The 30-page audit, released Sept. 9…

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America’s space program through news reporting.

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