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  • Thumbnail for Voyager 1
    October 2024[update], it is the most distant human-made object from Earth. The probe made flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. NASA...
    111 KB (8,747 words) - 08:56, 1 November 2024
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    Titan and the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made. The probe was named after the 17th-century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens,...
    48 KB (5,454 words) - 23:28, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ford Probe
    liftback coupé produced by Ford, introduced in 1988 and produced until 1997. The Probe was the result of Ford's collaboration with its longtime Japanese partner...
    38 KB (4,222 words) - 02:00, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Transesophageal echocardiogram
    in that the probe must enter the body but does not require surgical (i.e., invasive) cutting for this procedure. Before inserting the probe, mild to...
    18 KB (2,388 words) - 21:01, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parker Solar Probe
    indicates that the probe will pass in between Venus and the Sun. Outside indicates that the probe will pass beyond Venus from the Sun; the probe will briefly...
    91 KB (8,301 words) - 03:49, 1 November 2024
  • mixture causes buildup of black powdery deposit on the probe. This may be caused by failure of the probe itself, or by a problem elsewhere in the fuel-rationing...
    30 KB (4,234 words) - 13:28, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Electrology
    inserted properly). Electricity is delivered to the follicle through the probe, which causes localized damage to the areas that generate hairs, either...
    5 KB (640 words) - 12:31, 18 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ulysses (spacecraft)
    scans" of the Sun in 1994/1995, 2000/2001, and 2007/2008. In addition, the probe studied several comets. Ulysses was a joint venture of the European Space...
    40 KB (4,070 words) - 15:47, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chang'e 2
    its predecessor, the probe was named after Chang'e, an ancient Chinese moon goddess. After completing its primary objective, the probe left lunar orbit...
    24 KB (2,176 words) - 22:45, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Voyager 2
    7 billion km; 12.8 billion mi) from Earth as of October 2024[update]. The probe entered the interstellar medium on November 5, 2018, at a distance of...
    94 KB (6,852 words) - 08:32, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Akatsuki (spacecraft)
    waves) in Venus' atmosphere in December 2015. JAXA lost contact with the probe in late April 2024. Akatsuki is Japan's first planetary exploration mission...
    43 KB (3,986 words) - 18:12, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pioneer 11
    leave the Solar System. Due to power constraints and the vast distance to the probe, the last routine contact with the spacecraft was on September 30, 1995...
    45 KB (3,324 words) - 00:26, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aerial refueling
    loop around the probe or nose of the aircraft, damage the windscreen, or cause contact with the rigid boom. If not pushed far enough, the probe will disengage...
    82 KB (10,076 words) - 06:17, 30 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Venera 7
    an accelerometer to measure atmospheric density. The probe also carried a radar altimeter. The probe was launched from Earth on 17 August 1970, at 05:38...
    10 KB (862 words) - 23:22, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cassini–Huygens
    laboratory down to the surface. The probe system consisted of the probe itself which descended to Titan, and the probe support equipment (PSE) which remained...
    130 KB (12,105 words) - 16:54, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Test probe
    probes. A test probe is often supplied as a test lead, which includes the probe, cable and terminating connector. Voltage probes are used to measure voltages...
    32 KB (4,593 words) - 08:20, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Venera 4
    was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. The probe comprised a lander, designed to enter the Venusian atmosphere and parachute...
    17 KB (1,939 words) - 16:25, 20 October 2024
  • Convent. On April 13, the Crime Branch wing of state police took over the probe, and, on January 30, 1993, submitted a final report which tried to strengthen...
    42 KB (5,531 words) - 16:13, 8 October 2024
  • in the upper stage being considered a separate spacecraft, from which the probe was "launched", on several subsequent missions. Although Soviet program...
    10 KB (1,185 words) - 12:59, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Venera 3
    launched on 16 November 1965 at 04:19 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, USSR. The probe comprised an entry probe, designed to enter the Venus atmosphere and parachute...
    8 KB (728 words) - 16:53, 20 October 2024
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