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Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, Voyager 2. Maybe it's time to change that! The Neptune Odyssey mission concept is for a NASA Flagship-class orbiter and atmospheric probe to the Neptune-Triton system. (Animation:

@JHUAPL

)

This gorgeous

animation shows Odyssey entering into orbit around Neptune and deploying its probe into the atmosphere.

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Neptune Odyssey Overview Animation

Neptune Odyssey (http://neptuneodyssey.jhuapl.edu) is a planetary mission concept study conducted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory under contr...

7:10 PM · Apr 14, 2022

Replying to

Brenda Clyde and Kirby Runyon, two leaders of the proposed Neptune Odyssey mission, joined us on

@PlanRad

to discuss why an ice giant orbiter is long overdue. Listen or read this episode of Planetary Radio here.

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Neptune Odyssey: why we need to visit an ice giant

Leaders of the Neptune Odyssey study for the next planetary science and astrobiology decadal survey share their team’s exciting approach for an ice giant-orbiting spacecraft.

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@exploreplanets

Apr 14, 2022

We're sure you're thinking, "Why Neptune and not Uranus?" Great question! We talk more about that in our article on the Neptune Odyssey mission: planetary.org/articles/retur

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@exploreplanets

Apr 14, 2022

The upcoming Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey, which sets the priorities for the next decade of exploration, will decide whether a mission to Neptune is worth the investment. We'll give you all of the details on the Decadal when it comes out later this month.