Multiple probe measurements at Uranus motivated by spatial variability

MH Wong, N Rowe-Gurney, S Markham… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
A major motivation for multiple atmospheric probe measurements at Uranus is the
understanding of dynamic processes that create and maintain spatial variation in thermal …

Atmospheric science questions for a Uranian probe

EK Dahl, N Rowe-Gurney, GS Orton… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Ice Giants represent a unique and relatively poorly characterized class of
planets that have been largely unexplored since the brief Voyager 2 flyby in the late 1980s …

One EURO for Uranus: the Elliptical Uranian Relativity Orbiter mission

L Iorio, AP Girija, D Durante - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recent years have seen increasing interest in sending a mission to Uranus, visited so far
only by Voyager 2 in 1986. Elliptical Uranian Relativity Orbiter is a preliminary mission …

Design Considerations for Aerocapture Delivery of Uranus Orbiter and Probe

AJ Gomez-Delrio, W Davis, R Deshmukh… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents an aerocapture system design for delivering the Uranus Orbiter and
Probe (UOP) subsystems to their science orbit using the Mars Science Laboratory …

Convective storms and atmospheric vertical structure in Uranus and Neptune

R Hueso, T Guillot… - … Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The ice giants Uranus and Neptune have hydrogen-based atmospheres with several
constituents that condense in their cold upper atmospheres. A small number of bright cloud …

The case for a new frontiers–class Uranus orbiter: system science at an underexplored and unique world with a mid-scale mission

IJ Cohen, C Beddingfield, R Chancia… - The planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Current knowledge of the Uranian system is limited to observations from the flyby of Voyager
2 and limited remote observations. However, Uranus remains a highly compelling scientific …

A combination of “Inner-Outer skeleton” strategy to improve the mechanical properties and heat resistance of polyimide composite aerogels as composite sandwich …

Q Sun, K Tian, S Liu, Q Zhu, S Zheng, J Chen… - … Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Low density aerogels with high fatigue resistance are widely used in the manufacturing of
core material structures in aircraft fuselage to be able to tolerate the extreme environment of …

Using aerothermodynamic similarity to experimentally study nonequilibrium giant planet entry

Y Liu, CM James, RG Morgan… - Journal of Spacecraft and …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Peak heating points for the entry into Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn exhibit highly
nonequilibrium shock layers, and are not well understood. This paper describes an …

[PDF][PDF] Multiple probe measurements at Uranus motivated by spatial variability

M Wong, S Markham, N Rowe-Gurney… - … and instruments for …, 2023 - w.astro.berkeley.edu
A major motivation for multiple atmospheric probe measurements at Uranus is the
understanding of dynamic processes that create and maintain spatial variation in thermal …

Experimental validation of a test gas substitution for simulating non-equilibrium giant planet entry conditions in impulse facilities

Y Liu, CM James, RG Morgan, TJ McIntyre - Experiments in Fluids, 2020 - Springer
Scaled giant planet entry testing is beyond the simulation capability of most impulse
facilities, which limits the ground testing data available for computational model validation …