space probe
noun
: a device that is used to obtain information from outer space and send it back to Earth
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But the most dramatic and astonishing discovery from the Cassini mission came after data from the space probe revealed surprising details about Saturn’s moons, Titan and Enceladus.
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Literary Hub, 22 May 2026
The space probe Voyager 1, 15.7 billion miles away from its home planet and counting, is on life support.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
In 2005: The Huygens space probe landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, as part of the Cassini–Huygens mission.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Los Alamos and Colorado State University researchers reported finding identifiable acoustic signals in fiber cables when the NASA OSIRIS-REx space probe returned to Earth to deliver its capsule of asteroid samples in September 2023.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
Europe's most advanced interplanetary space probe lost contact with Earth for nearly a full day leading up to a crucial flyby of Venus that will occur on Sunday (Aug. 31).
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Rushing to catch up, the first US space probe — Explorer 1 — was launched in February of 1958.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The sample’s chemical make up was compared with Martian meteorites that were discovered in 1967, when the Viking space probe landed on Mars.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 22 May 2026
The space probe Voyager 1, 15.7 billion miles away from its home planet and counting, is on life support.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
In 2005: The Huygens space probe landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, as part of the Cassini–Huygens mission.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Los Alamos and Colorado State University researchers reported finding identifiable acoustic signals in fiber cables when the NASA OSIRIS-REx space probe returned to Earth to deliver its capsule of asteroid samples in September 2023.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
Europe's most advanced interplanetary space probe lost contact with Earth for nearly a full day leading up to a crucial flyby of Venus that will occur on Sunday (Aug. 31).
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Rushing to catch up, the first US space probe — Explorer 1 — was launched in February of 1958.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The sample’s chemical make up was compared with Martian meteorites that were discovered in 1967, when the Viking space probe landed on Mars.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
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“Space probe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20probe. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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