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space probe space vehicle carrying sophisticated instrumentation but no crew, designed to explore various aspects of the solar system (see space exploration ). Unlike an artificial satellite , which is placed in more or less permanent orbit around the earth, a space probe is launched with enough energy to escape the gravitational field of the earth and navigate among the planets. Radio-transmitted commands and on-board computers provide the means for midcourse corrections in the space probe's trajectory; some advanced craft have executed complex maneuvers on command from earth when many... Read more

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A Dictionary of Astronomy space probe A spacecraft that is sent away from the Earth to examine another celestial body or the conditions in space. The first space probe was Luna 1, launched by the Soviet Union on 1959January2. Read more

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English space probe • n. see probe . Read more

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	The space probe's lethal cargo. (NASA is planning to launch space shuttles carrying large amounts of plutonium 238) (editorial) Magazine article from: The Nation; 1/23/1988; ; 700+ words ; THE SPACE PROBE'S LETHAL CARGO Two years ago on January...and another in 1990, each carrying a space probe utilizing what scientists have called...a fatal case of lung cancer. The 1989 space probe, Project Galileo, is to contain 49.25... Read more
	Profile: Huygens space probe mission Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 1/14/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...NPR) 01-14-2005 Profile: Huygens space probe mission Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time...RENEE MONTAGNE, host: A European space probe arrived this morning at Saturn...RICHARD HARRIS reporting: The Huygens space probe shatters the distance record for... Read more
	Plutonium con. (Galileo space probe caries plutonium payload into space) (editorial) Magazine article from: The Nation; 11/20/1989; ; 700+ words ; Plutonium Con The Galileo space probe was launched on October 19 amid...mirrors on wings attached to the space probe. The mirrors focus sunlight onto...power on the Galileo and related space probe missions, said when informed of... Read more
	China says lunar probe in final orbit, backs off reports on space station Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 11/7/2007; ; 397 words ; ...reports of launching a space station by 2020. The probe -- called Chang'e 1 after...people on board. The probe's launch raised the prospect of a space rivalry between China...to send its own lunar probe into space in April. But Chinese... Read more
	Chinese probe reaches moon, enters final orbit Officials back off claim of space station by 2020 Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 11/8/2007; 379 words ; ...reports of launching a space station by 2020. The probe -- called Chang'e 1 after...people on board. The probe's launch raised the prospect of a space rivalry between China...to send its own lunar probe into space in April. But Chinese... Read more
	RUSSIAN SPACE PROBE CRASHES INTO PACIFIC AUSTRALIA FEARED WORST-CASE SCENARIO.(News) Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 11/18/1996; 700+ words ; Russia's new space probe to Mars failed shortly...Australia. The U.S. Space Command in Colorado...confirmed that the probe re-entered Earth...survived reentry. The probe had earlier been...the first crash of space wreckage into a populated... Read more
	NASA's Cassini probe will play nuclear roulette with the planet. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration's plan to launch the new Cassini space probe) Magazine article from: Earth Island Journal; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...NASA plans to launch the Cassini space probe -- carrying 72.3 pounds of deadly...last November 17, a Russian Mars space probe malfunctioned and crashed to Earth...Cassini's predecessor, the Galileo space probe, which carried 50 pounds of plutonium... Read more
	Mysterious force holds back Nasa probe in deep space Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/10/2002; ; 486 words ; A SPACE PROBE launched 30 years ago has...spacecraft travels deeper into space, and scientists are considering the possibility that the probe has revealed a new force of...Galileo and Ulysses, two other space probes still in the solar... Read more
	One of our space probes is missing, Nasa admits after mission goes awry Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/17/2002; ; 358 words ; A SPACE probe designed to rendezvous with a comet has...ignite on Thursday morning to redirect the space probe out of its orbit and along a path that...are being trained on the trajectory the space probe should have taken if its rocket had fired... Read more
	Tight Budget Pinching Space Probe; European Agency Expected to Seek Joint U.S. Mission to Saturn Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/24/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...priority Cassini space probe to Saturn and its...expected, the European Space Agency adopts the...to dollars) for a space probe and scientific instruments...European-supplied descender probe would provide the...Last month, ESA's Space Science Advisory... Read more

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	Plutonium-in-space plans condemned. (NASA's Cassini probe to carry 72.3 lbs of potentially dangerous plutonium 238) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 8/29/1997
	NASA's nuclear gamble. (October 1997 launch of a Cassini space probe which will carry 732.3 lbs of potentially dangerous plutonium: includes information on anti-launch activities)(Cover Story) Magazine article from: The Progressive; 9/1/1997
	There's no earthly need for plutonium in space.(Cassini space probe too risky)(Inside NCR)(Editorial)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/10/1997

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