space probe
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The tribute, at the M Shed in Bristol, recognises the space probe landing on Mars on Christmas Day 2003 and honours the contribution to the mission of the late Bristol-born scientist Professor Colin Pillinger.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Four years later, she joined a four-day mission on the same spacecraft when it sent the Magellan robotic space probe to Venus to map the planet’s surface.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Before the mission ended nearly 20 years later, the Cassini-Huygens space probe managed to provide unprecedentedly detailed readings about the planet Saturn, along with its rings and various satellites.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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
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