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However, this mission was considered to be lower-priority than future missions to Mars and the Jovian System, which would later become Mars 2020 and Europa Clipper. [4] [16] [17] A mission to Uranus is one of several proposed uses under consideration for the unmanned variant of NASA's heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) currently in ...
Voyager 2 is the only space probe to have visited the Uranus system, completing a flyby on January 24, 1986. The 2011-2022 Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommended a Flagship-class orbiter mission to an ice giant with priority behind what would become the Mars 2020 rover and the Europa Clipper.
Montage of planets and some moons that the two Voyager spacecraft have visited and studied. It is the only program that visited all four outer planets. A total of nine spacecraft have been launched on missions that involve visits to the outer planets; all nine missions involve encounters with Jupiter, with four spacecraft also visiting Saturn.
In embarking on a mission to Uranus, we’re bound to reshape our understanding of not only this distant ice giant but also the broader class of exoplanets it represents.
Proposed to enhance the Uranus Orbiter and Probe mission by including twin orbiters, Freyr, named after the Norse mythological figure, being the proposed spacecraft mission to explore Uranus, [126] [127] each dedicated to studying Neptune and Uranus. [128] 5 QUEST: Quest to Uranus to Explore Solar System Theories 2032 N/A NASA/JPL Orbiter Proposed
The length of a day on Uranus as measured by Voyager 2 is 17 hours, 14 minutes. [49] Uranus was shown to have a magnetic field that was misaligned with its rotational axis, unlike other planets that had been visited to that point, [50] [53] and a helix-shaped magnetic tail stretching 10 million kilometers (6 million miles) away from the Sun. [50]
The report highlighted a new Mars rover, a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, and a mission to Uranus and its moons as proposed Flagship Missions. [15] The Mars mission was given highest priority, followed by the Europa mission. [16] The Mars rover proposal was called MAX-C and it would store samples for eventual return to Earth, but the method ...
This is a list of space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed), organized by their planned destination. It includes planetary probes, solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets, but excludes lunar missions, which are listed separately at List of lunar probes and List of Apollo missions.