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Nasa Completes Study of Future 'ice Giant' Mission Concepts


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Uranus, Neptune

Left: Arriving at Uranus in 1986, Voyager 2 observed a bluish orb with subtle features. A haze layer hid most of the planet's cloud features from view. Right: This image of Neptune was produced from Voyager 2 and shows the Great Dark Spot and its companio

Credit: Left: NASA/JPL-Caltech - Right: NASA

A NASA-led and NASA-sponsored study of potential future missions to the mysterious "ice giant" planets Uranus and Neptune has been released—the first in a series of mission studies NASA will conduct in support of the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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