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SUMMARY:Future Missions to the Mysterious Ice Giant Planets: Uranus and Ne
 ptune - Dr. Adam Masters\, Imperial College London
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CONTACT:Tommy Tai
DESCRIPTION:The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are the most distant planets
  in the Solar System\, and we have only had a “snapshot” of each ice g
 iant and its moons courtesy of the Voyager 2 spacecraft flybys in the 1980
 s. \n\nIn this talk\, I will outline what little we know about these dista
 nt systems\, and make the science case for future exploration of both Uran
 us and Neptune. I will describe the current status of ongoing internationa
 l planning of future exploratory spacecraft missions that will address the
  science questions\, involving collaboration between the USA National Aero
 nautics and Space Administration and the European Space Agency. We are aim
 ing for launch in about 2030 and arrival at either Uranus or Neptune in ab
 out 2040\, so this large project will support the careers of emerging gene
 rations of planetary scientists.\n\nAbout the speaker: Adam Masters is a s
 pace and planetary scientist with the Space & Atmospheric Physics Group at
  Imperial. His research focuses on explaining how energy flows through the
  Solar System via magnetic fields and charged particle motion in space\, a
 s well as understanding how different bodies in the Solar System generate 
 magnetic fields in their interiors. His research programme is underpinned 
 by his involvement in spacecraft missions\, such as the Cassini-Huygens mi
 ssion to Saturn and Titan that ended in September 2017\, the Jupiter Icy M
 oons Explorer mission currently being built for launch\, and ongoing high-
 level planning of future missions to Uranus and Neptune.
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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