Titan Submarine

Titan Submarine
An artists illustration of the submarine on a lake of Titan
Mission typeReconnaissance and submarine
Operator
Spacecraft properties
Dry mass500 kg
Dimensions20 by 6.5 ft
Start of mission
Launch date2030s-2040s
End of mission
Landing date2040-2045 (hypothetical)
Landing siteKraken Mare or Ligeia Mare

Titan Submarine is a proposed NASA submarine probe that will visit Saturn’s largest moon Titan, and will plausibly explore either Kraken Mare or Ligeia Mare, two of Titan’s largest lakes. The concept was proposed by Steven Oleson, Ralph Lorenz, and Micheal Paul, technical experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio.