SUBMARINE TO EXPLORE TITAN’S OCEANS

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has liquid oceans on the surface, but the oceans consist of liquid methane. NASA will explore the oceans in great detail by means of an autonomous submarine, Titan Submarine, that is to sail along the coasts and dive into the northern ocean of Kraken Mare. According to plan, the submarine is to shed light on the about 1,000-km-large and 300-m-deep ocean, including chemistry, floor, and currents.

The submarine is to find out if the chemistry is the same anywhere in Titan’s oceans.