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Feb 13, 2020 · This time, the Venus missions will face stiff competition from proposals to visit Io, Jupiter's large volcanic moon, and Triton, Neptune's icy moon, neither of which has been closely explored. Each proposal receives $3 million to flesh out their concept over the next year.
Feb 14, 2020 · In order to further explore our solar system, NASA has chosen four proposals for missions that would investigate Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton.
Jun 3, 2021 · Four contending teams anxiously awaited the results: One wished to send a mission to Jupiter’s hypervolcanic moon Io. Another desired a visit to Triton, a cryovolcanic moon of Neptune.
Feb 14, 2020 · The proposed missions cover Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and the icy moon of Neptune, Triton. Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, believes the ideas can...
Jun 16, 2020 · The spacecraft would use the gravitational pull of Jupiter as a slingshot straight to Triton for an extended 13-day encounter in 2038. "The mission designers and navigators are so good at this," said JPL's William Frazier, project systems engineer of Trident.
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Feb 13, 2020 · NASA has selected four potential future missions – to Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, Neptune’s icy moon Triton, and two that would explore the atmosphere and map the surface of Venus
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Trident is a space mission concept to the outer planets proposed in 2019 to NASA's Discovery Program. [3] [4] The concept includes flybys of Jupiter and Neptune with a focus on Neptune's largest moon Triton.
