5 papers
Ice Giants Pre-Decadal Survey Mission Study Report
M. Hofstadter, A. Simon, K. Reh +26
The Ice Giants Study was commissioned by NASA to take a fresh look (as of 2017) at science priorities and concepts for missions to the Uranus and Neptune systems in preparation for…
The Feasibility of a Spacecraft Flyby with the Third Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS from Earth or Mars
Atsuhiro Yaginuma, Tessa Frincke, Darryl Z. Seligman +5
We investigate the feasibility of a spacecraft mission to conduct a flyby of 3I/ATLAS, the third macroscopic interstellar object discovered on July 1 2025, as it traverses the Sola…
The Uranus Flagship: Investigating New Paradigms for Outer Solar System Exploration Workshop Summary Report
Amy Simon, Louise Prockter, Ian Cohen +2
This white paper is a summary of the Uranus Flagship Workshop that took place 21 to 23 May 2024 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Co-led by Goddard and Johns Hopkins Applied P…
Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS
Darryl Z. Seligman, Marco Micheli, Davide Farnocchia +44
We report initial observations aimed at the characterization of a third interstellar object. This object, 3I/ATLAS or C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), was discovered on 2025 July 1 UT and has an…
Uranus Flagship Science-Driven Tour Design: Community Input Poll
Amy Simon, Ian Cohen, Matthew Hedman +3
The highest priority Planetary Flagship from the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey is the Uranus Orbiter and Probe. This mission enables broad, cross-disciplinary s…