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Jun 16, 2020 · A new mission competing for selection under NASA’s Discovery Program aims to untangle these mysteries. Called Trident, like the three-pronged spear carried by the ancient Roman sea god Neptune, the team is one of four that is developing concept studies for new missions. Up to two will be selected by summer 2021 to become a full-fledged ...
Jun 18, 2020 · The Trident mission also aims to map the largest unexplored solid surface in the solar system this side of the Kuiper Belt. So far, scientists have seen only 40% of Triton's surface.
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 .
Feb 27, 2023 · In February 2019, Trident was selected by NASA along with three other Discovery mission proposals for further study with the plan of selecting two missions for development in early 2021. Discovery missions had a cost cap of $500 million, not including the launch vehicle, mission operations, or science analysis.
Jun 18, 2020 · Like Voyager 2, Trident would be a flyby mission, but it would last 13 days, allowing much more time to fully observe and map this bizarre world. If the proposal is approved, Trident would tentatively launch in October 2025 (with a backup date in October 2026 if needed) and arrive at Triton in 2038.
Jun 16, 2020 · A new mission competing for selection under NASA's Discovery Program aims to untangle these mysteries. Called Trident, like the three-pronged spear carried by the ancient Roman sea god Neptune, the team is one of four that is developing concept studies for new missions. Up to two will be selected by summer 2021 to become a full-fledged mission ...
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Mar 25, 2019 · NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposed on Tuesday at a conference in Texas to send a spacecraft called "Trident" to Triton - with the goal of sussing out whether it's a habitable world. Rather than spending billions of dollars, the proposed spacecraft called Trident aims to keep costs low - roughly the "price of a small mission to the moon ," in the New York Times' reckoning .
