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Saturn and Titan Resources

Explore this page for a curated collection of resources, including activities that can be done at home, as well as videos, animations, posters, and online interactives. This resource package is suitable for educators, students, and anyone interested in learning more about Saturn and Titan!

👁 A small crescent shaped orb is shown in front of a larger shadowy grey curved surface.

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In addition to the resources on this page, follow along with updates on Saturn and Titan science and upcoming missions through @NASASolarSystem on your preferred social media platform.

You can also check out the Dragonfly blog for updates on this exciting mission to Saturn's moon Titan.

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Saturn

Learn more about Saturn, a planet known for its distinctive rings, a target of observation and awe for centuries.

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👁 A global view of Saturn showing its yellow-brown structure. Part of its right section is in shadow. Two large bands of black spread across its lower half. A dark yellow-brown circle hovers in front of Saturn at the middle-left.
A giant of a moon appears before a giant of a planet undergoing seasonal changes in this natural color view of Titan and Saturn from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Highlights

Dragonfly Mission to Titan

Advancing our search for the building blocks of life, NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander will make multiple flights to sample and examine sites around Saturn's exotic moon Titan. The mission is scheduled to launch in July of 2028 and arrive at Titan by 2034.

👁 Artist's impression of NASA's Dragonfly on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
Artist's concept of NASA's Dragonfly on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. The car-sized rotorcraft will be equipped to characterize the habitability of Titan's environment, investigate the progression of prebiotic chemistry in an environment where carbon-rich material and liquid water may have mixed for an extended period, and even search for chemical indications of whether water-based or hydrocarbon-based life once existed on Titan.
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Saturn and Titan Videos

Are Titan's Lakes Teeming with Primitive Cells?

Saturn's largest moon is covered with the carbon-based building blocks of life and is the only place that we know of besides Earth with large lakes on its surface – made from super-chilled methane instead of water. Could exotic lifeforms be brewing on Titan?

👁 A four-panel infographic. The first three panels show the curved edge of an indistinct orange sphere on the bottom, implying the moon Titan, while the top of the image is dark to represent space. The fourth panel shows an illustration of Titan’s surface with a large, dark lake. 1) Ball-and-stick diagrams show molecules of nitrogen (N2) and methane (CH4). 2) From above, wiggly white lines labeled “electron” and “photon” drop down and intersect methane molecules that have been broken up into hydrogen atoms and the methyl radical (CH3). 3) A plus sign between two methyl radicals represents a chemical reaction, with a down arrow pointing to a ball-and-stick diagram of ethane (C2H6). 4) A large droplet containing methane and ethane is shown raining down toward the surface of Titan.

Webb Spies Rain Clouds, New Molecule on Titan

Discover how NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is telling us more about Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

Saturn's Rings Are Acting Strange

Since their discovery by NASA's Voyager mission in the 1980s, temporary "spoke" features across Saturn's rings have fascinated scientists, yet eluded explanation.

Building Blocks for Surviving Titan

Learn how Saturn's moon Titan is expanding our understanding of the chemical complexity of the solar system and the potential for life in the universe.

What You Need to Know About Saturn's Moon Titan

Earth is not the only place in the solar system with rain, rivers, lakes, and seas. Saturn's moon Titan has them, too – not of water, but of liquid methane and ethane.

Dragonfly Mission Videos

NASA's Dragonfly Mission: Exploring the Potential Chemistry of Titan

Explore how the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS) will be used to study the organic composition of Titan.

Dragonfly Mission to Saturn's Moon Titan

Learn about the Dragonfly mission to Titan: How we'll get there, what we'll do there, and how it could teach us about the building blocks of life.

The Science of Dragonfly

Discover how Dragonfly's suite of science instruments will investigate the chemistry and habitability of Titan.

Cassini Mission Videos

Farewell to Saturn: Highlights from the End of NASA's Cassini Mission

On Sept. 15, 2017, the Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn, ending its 20-year mission of discovery. Learn more about the mission's end in this video.

NASA at Saturn: Cassini's Grand Finale

The final chapter in a remarkable mission of exploration and discovery, Cassini's Grand Finale was, in many ways, like a brand new mission.

Cassini's Infrared Saturn

Learn how the Cassini spacecraft used its Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) instrument to study Saturn and its moons in heat radiation.

Images

View a collection of images of Saturn, Titan, and other members of the Saturnian system taken by spacecraft explorers.

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👁 Dione can be seen through the Titan haze in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from Cassini.
Titan's dense atmosphere shrouds the moon beneath a tan haze in this image. Dione, another one of Saturn's many moons, can be seen through the Titan haze in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings. Saturn's rings, viewed nearly edge-on, appear as a horizontal line. They cast shadows on the planet, which can be seen as numerous lines towards the bottom of the image.
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NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean

A key discovery from NASA’s Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn’s largest moon Titan may have a vast water…

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Activities

Exploring the Universe: Ice Orbs

Learn how NASA planetary scientists are probing ocean worlds in the outer solar system, searching for evidence of liquid water and possible signs of life beneath the icy surface. Put what you learn into practice by investigating a frozen sphere using various tools to learn about objects hidden inside. This activity can be adapted to include whatever materials you may already have on hand.

Note: This activity is also available in Spanish.

Make a Planet Mask!

Learn about the planets in our solar system, and make your very own wearable planet mask.

Make a CD Saturn

You can make a neat model of the planet Saturn and its rings using some common craft materials.

Cassini Paper Spacecraft Model

Make your very own paper model of the Cassini spacecraft!

Additional Resources

Small Steps, Giant Leaps Podcast: Dragonfly - Mission to Titan

Hear from Zibi Turtle, the principal investigator for Dragonfly, as she discusses this mission to Titan.

👁 The background is mostly dark. At the center is a dark orange-brown circle, surrounded by several blazing bright, thick, horizontal whiteish rings. This is Saturn and its rings. There are three tiny dots in the image—one to the upper left of the planet, one to the direct left of the planet, and the lower left of the planet. These are three of Saturn’s moons: Dione, Enceladus, and Tethys, respectively. There is a slightly darker tint at the northern and southern poles of the planet. The rings surrounding Saturn are mostly broad, with a few singular narrow gaps between the broader rings. There is an innermost, thicker ring, and next to that is a brighter, wider ring. Traveling farther outward, there is a small dark gap before another thicker ring. In the thicker ring, there is a narrow faint band. There is then an outermost, faintest, thinnest ring.

Saturn's Rings Shine in Webb's Observations of Ringed Planet

This blog from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope highlights Webb's first near-infrared observations of Saturn, and the science we're learning from them.

Solar System and Beyond Poster Set

This NASA poster set showcases the beauty of our solar system and beyond.

NASA Cassini Graphics

Search this gallery for a variety of Cassini-related videos, images, graphics, and posters.

The Saturn System Through the Eyes of Cassini (e-Book)

This NASA e-Book celebrates Saturn as seen through the eyes of the Cassini spacecraft.

NASA's Solar System Treks

NASA Solar System Treks are online, browser-based portals that allow you to explore the surfaces of other worlds using real data returned from a growing fleet of spacecraft. Visit Titan and Enceladus now!

NASA's Eyes on the Solar System

A 3D environment full of real NASA mission data. Hop on an asteroid, fly with NASA spacecraft, see the entire solar system moving in real-time, and more. You control space and time.