space probe
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In 2034, NASA's space probe Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan, with the aim of investigating what is on its surface.
From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2025
They then used a laser beam to excite the droplets and mass spectral analysis to mimic what instruments on the space probe will detect.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024
The space probe flew through them seven times during its 13-year mission, discovering organic molecules such as methane and formaldehyde, and hydrogen, a potential energy source for microbes.
From Science Magazine • May 30, 2023
Being the first-ever space probe to visit the dwarf planet, New Horizons provided stunning pictures of Pluto's red and white surface, including Tombaugh Regio, a light-colored topographical swath in the shape of a heart.
From Salon • May 7, 2023
April 3, 1966: The Luna 10 space probe becomes the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
