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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. In 2020, Trident was selected along with three other Discovery proposals for further study, with two expected to be selected to fly as ...
Mar 7, 2020 · This paper describes Trident, a proposed Discovery mission to Neptune’s moon Triton, 30 AU from the Sun. Triton formed in the Kuiper Belt but was captured by Neptune into a highly-inclined retrograde orbit, where tidal forces thawed its interior, forming an ocean that likely persists to the present day. Recent outer solar system missions like ...
Sep 17, 2024 · Neptune, the farthest known planet, was last visited by Voyager 2 in the 1980s. ... Trident is another mission under consideration for a trip to Neptune, as Fraser explains. Credit: Universe Today
- Andy Tomaswick
Trident was one of the four Discovery-class Step-1 mission proposals selected by NASA in 2020 for further development and study; however, in 2021, the Step-2 proposal was not down-selected to transition into the next phase of mission development, i.e., a mission for flight.Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, was the primary focus of study for Trident.
Jun 16, 2020 · Trident would map most of the remainder. And Trident would use its full-frame imaging camera to capture the same plume-rich area Voyager 2 imaged - in full "Neptune-shine," when the Sun's reflected light illuminates the dark side of Triton. That way scientists could observe changes since the last visit and learn more about just how active ...
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Feb 27, 2023 · The spacecraft would launch in 2025, arriving at Triton in 2038. It would fly a unique trajectory first identified by Nitin Arora. Trident would go past Venus—using its high gain antenna as a thermal shield—and fly past Earth twice, then head past Jupiter in 2032, bending its orbit to head towards Neptune.
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Feb 17, 2022 · Neptune Odyssey isn’t the only attempt to give NASA a blueprint for a mission to the eighth planet from the Sun. In 2021 NASA toyed with Trident, a proposed Discovery -class mission to conduct a flyby of Neptune and Triton. It would have launched in 2026 to reach Neptune and Triton in 2038. It was passed over in favor of two missions to Venus ...
