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

Then in September, it successfully completed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, crashing a robotic space probe into a small asteroid to test a method for deflecting deadly space rocks in the future.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022

April 3, 1966: The Luna 10 space probe becomes the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson