In this thesis, I present a summary of the work performed in five months at the JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) on the dynamics of autonomous parafoils and other autonomous flight solutions. The growing interest in our solar system icy moons is pushing towards innovative solutions for planetary exploration that can enable missions towards difficult targets on this alien satellites. From this point of view, the analysis of high-efficiency gliding systems (i.e., high lift over drag systems) can identify new and more efficient solutions for terminal descent. The present work follows this trend by studying the advantages of a parafoil for autonomous precision delivery of a probe in the Titan environment.