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National Academies

A grand neoclassical building with columns and a clock at its center stands under a clear sky, symbolizing the National Academies' prestigious and influential role in scientific research and policy.

The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which every ten years convenes a Planetary Science Decadal Survey to rank the next decade's flagship missions. The 2023–2032 survey, published in 2022, placed a Uranus orbiter and probe at the top of its list, citing the planet's tilted magnetic field, its ring system, and the geological strangeness of its larger moons.

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