Argo (spacecraft)

Triton's south pole in 1989

Argo is a spacecraft mission concept by NASA to the outer planets and beyond.[1] The concept includes flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and a Kuiper belt object.[1] A focus on Neptune and its largest moon Triton would help plug a predicted 50-year-gap in exploration of the Neptunian system, and help answer some of the questions generated by Voyager 2's flyby in 1989.[1]

This mission was grounded because NASA did not have enough plutonium to power all of its spacecraft.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Argo - A Voyage Through the Outer Solar System
  2. ↑ "NASA’s next big spacecraft mission could visit an ice giant | Astronomy.com". Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2016-02-10.

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