Other papers in this special issue have discussed the diversity of planetary atmospheres and some of the key science questions for giant planet atmospheres to be addressed in the future. There are crucial measurements that can only be made by orbiters of giant planets and probes dropped into their atmospheres. To help the community be more effective developers of missions and users of data products, we summarize how NASA and ESA categorize their planetary space missions, and the restrictions and requirements placed on each category. We then discuss the atmospheric goals to be addressed by currently approved giant-planet missions as well as missions likely to be considered in the next few years, such as a joint NASA/ESA Ice Giant orbiter with atmospheric probe. Our focus is on interplanetary spacecraft, but we acknowledge the crucial role to be played by ground-based and near-Earth telescopes, as well as theoretical and laboratory work.

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未来对可推进大气科学目标的巨型行星的任务

本期特刊中的其他论文讨论了行星大气的多样性以及未来需要解决的巨行星大气的一些关键科学问题。有一些重要的测量只能由巨行星的轨道飞行器和落入其大气层的探测器进行。为了帮助社区成为更有效的任务开发者和数据产品用户，我们总结了 NASA 和 ESA 如何对其行星太空任务进行分类，以及对每个类别的限制和要求。然后，我们讨论了当前批准的巨行星任务以及未来几年可能会考虑的任务（例如 NASA/ESA 冰巨人联合轨道飞行器与大气探测器）要解决的大气目标。我们的重点是行星际飞船，