space probe

noun

: a device that is used to obtain information from outer space and send it back to Earth

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Next is the thermal test to ensure that the space probe can remain warm enough, scheduled for the end of August but subject to change based on data analysis. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 The device, which might be a large, heavy space probe, would fly alongside the near-Earth object for an extended period (years to decades) and slowly drag it away from its collision course. — Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026 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. — Literary Hub, 22 May 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 See All Example Sentences for space probe

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