{"id":70793,"date":"2019-05-18T06:10:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T10:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=70793"},"modified":"2019-05-12T12:08:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T16:08:32","slug":"inside-nasas-race-back-to-neptunes-icy-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=70793","title":{"rendered":"Inside NASA\u2019s Race Back To Neptune\u2019s Icy Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Could Neptune\u2019s moon, Triton, harbor life? NASA scientists are working on a mission concept that after 30 years could finally return us back to this icy world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uq4HWsLeoHM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch more Focal Point! | <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2WvQRBt&amp;v=Uq4HWsLeoHM&amp;redir_token=x4RzNZJBD8arV7vh7AjE0QSRend8MTU1Nzc2Mjc3M0AxNTU3Njc2Mzcz&amp;event=video_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2WvQRBt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\nNext Stop, Triton? Here&#8217;s Two Wild Ideas to Explore Neptune&#8217;s Weirdest Moon<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Ftriton-mission-concepts-to-neptune-moon.html&amp;v=Uq4HWsLeoHM&amp;redir_token=x4RzNZJBD8arV7vh7AjE0QSRend8MTU1Nzc2Mjc3M0AxNTU3Njc2Mzcz&amp;event=video_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.space.com\/triton-mission-&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cNeptune&#8217;s moon Triton is one of the strangest worlds in the solar system \u2014 and that&#8217;s why scientists are exploring mission concepts that could give them a detailed look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Implementation of Trident: A Discovery-Class Mission to Triton<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hou.usra.edu%2Fmeetings%2Flpsc2019%2Fpdf%2F3200.pdf&amp;v=Uq4HWsLeoHM&amp;redir_token=x4RzNZJBD8arV7vh7AjE0QSRend8MTU1Nzc2Mjc3M0AxNTU3Njc2Mzcz&amp;event=video_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.hou.usra.edu\/meetings\/lps&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cBy launching during 2026, Trident takes advantage of a rare, efficient gravity-assist alignment, to capitalize on a narrow \u2013 but closing \u2013 observational window that enables assessment of changes in Triton\u2019s plume activity and surface characteristics since Voyager 2\u2019s encounter one Neptune-Triton season ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is Triton an Ocean World?<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcosmosmagazine.com%2Fspace%2Fis-triton-an-ocean-world&amp;v=Uq4HWsLeoHM&amp;redir_token=x4RzNZJBD8arV7vh7AjE0QSRend8MTU1Nzc2Mjc3M0AxNTU3Njc2Mzcz&amp;event=video_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/cosmosmagazine.com\/space\/is-t&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cScientists are reevaluating what we know about Neptune\u2019s moon Triton, and sketching plans for a future visit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here &#8211; <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1UO1PxI&amp;v=Uq4HWsLeoHM&amp;redir_token=x4RzNZJBD8arV7vh7AjE0QSRend8MTU1Nzc2Mjc3M0AxNTU3Njc2Mzcz&amp;event=video_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UO1PxI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Neptune\u2019s moon, Triton, harbor life? NASA scientists are working on a mission concept that after 30 years could finally return us back to this icy world. Watch more Focal Point! | https:\/\/bit.ly\/2WvQRBt Read More: Next Stop, Triton? Here&#8217;s Two Wild Ideas to Explore Neptune&#8217;s Weirdest Moon https:\/\/www.space.com\/triton-mission-&#8230; \u201cNeptune&#8217;s moon Triton is one of the strangest worlds in the solar system \u2014 and that&#8217;s why scientists are exploring mission concepts that could give them a detailed look at it.\u201d Implementation of Trident: A Discovery-Class Mission to Triton https:\/\/www.hou.usra.edu\/meetings\/lps&#8230; \u201cBy launching during 2026, Trident takes advantage of a rare, efficient gravity-assist alignment, to capitalize on a narrow \u2013 but closing \u2013 observational window that enables assessment of changes in Triton\u2019s plume activity and surface characteristics since Voyager 2\u2019s encounter one Neptune-Triton season ago.\u201d Is Triton an Ocean World? https:\/\/cosmosmagazine.com\/space\/is-t&#8230; \u201cScientists are reevaluating what we know about Neptune\u2019s moon Triton, and sketching plans for a future visit.\u201d Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/1UO1PxI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[97,551,1302],"class_list":["post-70793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu","tag-education","tag-education-saturday","tag-seeker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70794,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70793\/revisions\/70794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}