space probe
noun
: a device that is used to obtain information from outer space and send it back to Earth
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In early June 2024, China made the news as its newest space probe, Chang’e 6, landed on the moon’s far side, marking a bold direction for future lunar exploration.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
After many months of extremely long-distance repairs, NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe is fully operational once again.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
In 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 impacted the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another planet; however, Venera was unable to transmit any data, its communications system having failed.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
On 14 November 2023, NASA’s interstellar space probe Voyager 1 began sending gibberish back to Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2024
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Galileo space probe have detected evidence of water plumes erupting from Europa’s surface, potentially indicating the subsurface sea has a source of heat that could sustain organisms.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
The Voyager 1 space probe, launched in 1977, has a nuclear battery.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
The New York Times is reporting that the Japanese space probe Hayabusa -- sent to physically land on the asteroid Itokawa, get a sample of the rock, and return to Earth -- may have come back without such samples.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2010
Soon, Tony Taylor was on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's navigation team for the Voyager 2 space probe, which NASA launched on Aug. 20, 1977.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
After many months of extremely long-distance repairs, NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe is fully operational once again.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
In 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 impacted the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another planet; however, Venera was unable to transmit any data, its communications system having failed.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
On 14 November 2023, NASA’s interstellar space probe Voyager 1 began sending gibberish back to Earth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2024
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Galileo space probe have detected evidence of water plumes erupting from Europa’s surface, potentially indicating the subsurface sea has a source of heat that could sustain organisms.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
The Voyager 1 space probe, launched in 1977, has a nuclear battery.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
The New York Times is reporting that the Japanese space probe Hayabusa -- sent to physically land on the asteroid Itokawa, get a sample of the rock, and return to Earth -- may have come back without such samples.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2010
Soon, Tony Taylor was on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's navigation team for the Voyager 2 space probe, which NASA launched on Aug. 20, 1977.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
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