From journeying to distant worlds to catching asteroids, this NASA conceptual design team turns the spacecraft of your dreams into reality.<\/p>\n
<\/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?redir_token=pi6w_RL73g9w-awDYoxw0jUwm8R8MTU1OTA2MTk0MEAxNTU4OTc1NTQw&event=video_description&v=e0Meo8ablI8&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2VOJIQv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VOJIQv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\nThis Jumping Probe Might Explore Neptune\u2019s Biggest Moon<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=pi6w_RL73g9w-awDYoxw0jUwm8R8MTU1OTA2MTk0MEAxNTU4OTc1NTQw&event=video_description&v=e0Meo8ablI8&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.popsci.com%2Fthis-jumping-probe-might-explore-neptune%25E2%2580%2599s-biggest-moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/this-jumping-p…<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cAfter the probe (called the Triton Hopper) lands on Triton, it would use radioactive isotopes to heat ice that it mined from the moon to drive rocket-powered jumps up to a kilometer high and five kilometers long. 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Watch more Focal Point! | https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VOJIQv Read More: This Jumping Probe Might Explore Neptune\u2019s Biggest Moon https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/this-jumping-p… \u201cAfter the probe (called the Triton Hopper) lands on Triton, it would use radioactive isotopes to heat ice that it mined from the moon to drive rocket-powered jumps up to a kilometer high and five kilometers long. Steven Oleson, the principal investigator on the Triton Hopper, says the probe has the potential to explore a large portion of the moon’s surface. “We want to go from the equator to the pole.”\u201d A Nuclear Tunneling Worm Could Help Us Find Out What’s Beneath Europa’s Ice https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/spac… \u201cWhile the Europa Clipper’s launch is TBD, scientists are already working on the big problem of getting through all that ice to see what’s below. 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