probe — n. & v. n. 1 a penetrating investigation. 2 any small device, esp. an electrode, for measuring, testing, etc. 3 a blunt ended surgical instrument usu. of metal for exploring a wound etc. 4 (in full space probe) an unmanned exploratory spacecraft… … Useful english dictionary
Interstellar probe — An interstellar probe is a space probe which has left or is expected to leave the solar system and enter interstellar space (typically defined as the region beyond the heliopause). Alternatively, the term interstellar probe is used to refer to a… … Wikipedia
Mars probe program — This article is for the Russian (Soviet) series of space probes; for the moon designated as Mars II, see Deimos (moon); for all missions to Mars, see Exploration of Mars. The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters… … Wikipedia
излучающий преобразователь — Преобразователь, используемый для излучения упругих волн. [Система неразрушающего контроля. Виды (методы) и технология неразрушающего контроля. Термины и определения (справочное пособие). Москва 2003 г.] Тематики виды (методы) и технология неразр … Справочник технического переводчика
Galileo (spacecraft) — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Galileo Orbiter Caption = Galileo is prepared for mating with the IUS booster Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Mission Type = Orbiter, fly by Flyby Of = Venus, Earth, 951 Gaspra, 243 Ida Satellite Of = Jupiter… … Wikipedia
List of Solar System probes — For a list of active probes only, see List of active Solar System probes. For a list of landers only, see Landings on other planets. This is a list of all space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed),… … Wikipedia
spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… … Universalium
technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… … Universalium
Voyager 2 — For the phone sometimes referred to as the Voyager 2, see LG enV touch. Voyager 2 Voyager spacecraft Operator … Wikipedia
Extraterrestrial life — For fiction, see Extraterrestrials in fiction. For other uses, see Alien (disambiguation). A 1967 Soviet Union 16 kopeks postage stamp, depicting a satellite from an imagined extraterrestrial civilization … Wikipedia
Luna 9 — (E 6 series), also known as Lunik 9 (internal name E 6 N. 13), was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Union s Luna program. On February 3, 1966 the Luna 9 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit… … Wikipedia