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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsNASA recommends probe to explore Uranus
If astronomers knowledge of Uranus is based on a flyby conducted under rare circumstances, it suggests that there may be good reason to revisit the ice giant. The James Webb Space Telescope has already helped reveal new information about Uranus, including highlighting its typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere.
Fortunately, sending a dedicated mission to study Uranus in the future has become a priority for NASA, according to a report released in 2022.
The planetary decadal survey recommended the first dedicated Uranus Orbiter and Probe as the next large NASA mission. After launching as soon as the early 2030s, the proposed spacecraft would conduct an orbital tour of the ice giant during flybys and deliver a probe to explore the atmosphere.
Fortunately, sending a dedicated mission to study Uranus in the future has become a priority for NASA, according to a report released in 2022.
The planetary decadal survey recommended the first dedicated Uranus Orbiter and Probe as the next large NASA mission. After launching as soon as the early 2030s, the proposed spacecraft would conduct an orbital tour of the ice giant during flybys and deliver a probe to explore the atmosphere.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/science/voyager-2-uranus-magnetosphere/index.html
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Major Nikon
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Ocelot II
(120,813 posts)1. My inner fifth-grader loves these headlines.
BlueKota
(3,643 posts)3. Mine too
They are giving it a colonoscopy! 🤣
Timeflyer
(2,629 posts)5. Me too. There's just no way to say that name without giggling.
GreenWave
(9,167 posts)2. Will they avoid those giant balls of gas on the way there?
doc03
(36,694 posts)4. A few year ago I was riding a bike trail and I saw a circle painted
on the asphalt with the word Uranus, I thought it was kid's prank until I came to Saturn.
Made me think of Beavis and Butthead.
mysuzuki2
(3,543 posts)6. Ouch
yaesu
(8,229 posts)7. The space nazi may be too busy so best scrub that mission nt