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Trident. (spacecraft) 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 ...
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 ...
Feb 21, 2024 · Reports a test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed for the second time in a row has refocused attention on the UK's nuclear capability. The current Vanguard nuclear ...
Jun 18, 2020 · The Trident mission's first goal is to study Triton's strange icy plumes — a feature scientists believe is caused by water from the interior being forced through the moon's thick, icy crust.
Feb 18, 2020 · The Trident Mission proposal is led by USRA’s Louise Prockter, Director, Lunar Planetary Institute(LPI). USRA’s Paul Schenk, also with LPI, is a co-investigator. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, would provide project management, Ball Aerospace would build the spacecraft, and international partners would include the Italian Space Agency and the Swedish ...
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.
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Feb 13, 2020 · Trident would explore Triton, a unique and highly active icy moon of Neptune, to understand pathways to habitable worlds at tremendous distances from the Sun. NASA's Voyager 2 mission showed that Triton has active resurfacing - generating the second-youngest surface in the solar system - with the potential for erupting plumes and an atmosphere.
