space probe
noun
: a device that is used to obtain information from outer space and send it back to Earth
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The sample’s chemical make up was compared with Martian meteorites that were discovered in 1967, when the Viking space probe landed on Mars.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
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
Named after the paleoanthropologist who co-discovered the Lucy skeleton, NASA's Lucy space probe is key to helping scientists understand the early history of our solar system.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 7 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
Right now, deep-space navigation mostly depends on using radio signals sent from Earth to the distant space probe—signals that must be sent with giant antennas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2018
The Solar Orbiter is a space probe developed collaboratively by ESA and NASA to study the Sun in unprecedented detail.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
No this isn’t some alien space probe—just one of Roborock’s newest vacuums, the Q Revo robot vacuum and mop.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
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
Named after the paleoanthropologist who co-discovered the Lucy skeleton, NASA's Lucy space probe is key to helping scientists understand the early history of our solar system.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 7 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
Right now, deep-space navigation mostly depends on using radio signals sent from Earth to the distant space probe—signals that must be sent with giant antennas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2018
The Solar Orbiter is a space probe developed collaboratively by ESA and NASA to study the Sun in unprecedented detail.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
No this isn’t some alien space probe—just one of Roborock’s newest vacuums, the Q Revo robot vacuum and mop.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Space probe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20probe. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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