space probe
noun
: a device that is used to obtain information from outer space and send it back to Earth
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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).
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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
That signal will catch up with NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe approximately 23 hours after the performance was live streamed.
—Robin Raven, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Contact has been restored with NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Radiating lots of heat away would be a major problem for our space probe, though, because in the vicinity of 16 Psyche the flux of light and heat from the sun is one-tenth of that at Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2021
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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
That signal will catch up with NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe approximately 23 hours after the performance was live streamed.
—Robin Raven, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Contact has been restored with NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Radiating lots of heat away would be a major problem for our space probe, though, because in the vicinity of 16 Psyche the flux of light and heat from the sun is one-tenth of that at Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2021
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“Space probe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20probe. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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