Questions tagged [probe]
A space probe is a scientific robotic spacecraft. It explores space and/or other planetary bodies (planets, satellites, asteroids, ..). It can flyby, orbit, enter atmosphere of, land on or submerge into its target, or approach interstellar space. Pioneer 10/11 and Voyager 1/2 are examples of space probe.
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Will NASA send Juno to investigate 3i/Atlas?
The article Interstellar comet interceptor: Juno gets a new lease on life instead of death states the following:
New calculations show that if, on September 9, 2025, the spacecraft
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Using asteroids as piggyback rides for scientific stations [duplicate]
Would it be possible to land and anchor scientific station on (or inside for additional protection) a larger asteroid that have elliptical orbit around the Sun?
The purpose of an asteroid would be ...
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Will New Horizons overtake Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 in distance from the Sun? If, so when will this happen?
Will New Horizons ever overtake Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 in distance from the Sun? If, so when will this happen?
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Is an ablative/buoyant “lander” a reasonable design for a Jupiter probe?
It is difficult to design a “lander” for a Jupiter mission for several reasons:
There is no “land” to “land on” since Jupiter’s atmosphere just gets
denser towards the planetary center.
There is a ...
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Where can I find orientation of space probes as a function of time?
Ephemerides for many space probes can be obtained from JPL Horizons using their API or their web app. But this only includes data on positions of the probes, velocities etc., but not their orientation ...
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How likely is it that the Voyager spacecrafts haven't yet been damaged by micrometeoroids?
Both Voyagers have been traveling at over $60,000$ km/h for well over four decades and still seem to function properly, taking into account the slowly dropping power and warmth available from their ...
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How do space probes find their way and how much fuel do they use to travel?
How do space probes find their way, for example, to explore dangerous planets like Jupiter or Saturn that have powerful magnetic fields? Do scientists control it from stations in NASA or they have a ...
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How easy would it be for an interstellar probe to identify planets in another star system?
Would sending an interstellar probe be the only way to completely map another star system or would it be eventually possible to map it from Earth, beyond any reasonable doubt?
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Using orbital construction around another body to build probes
It's what it sounds like:
I want to know whether sending a probe builder to orbit a moon or a planet (for this question I'm thinking of Titan or another smallish body in the outer system.), to build ...
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Are satellites and probes dried before they start?
In vacuum, any liquid water on moisture in the materials of a satellite and probe will start to gas out.
So are the materials on satellites and probes baked or dried by other menas before beeing sent ...
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HAKUTO-R Mission length after landing?
I was unable to find sources about what will happen to the current HAKUTO-R lunar lander after it lands in ± 4.5 months.
There are two possibilities coming to mind:
The lander won't survive the lunar ...
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How would we power probes or spaceships over hundered or thousands of years?
There are different optimal power sources for probes and spaceships for different kinds of missions.
Solar
Well suited for many missions in the inner solar system. Only limited degradation over time ...
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Can Juno use Jupiter's gravity to alter its orbit so that it goes close to Himalia?
Himalia is the most massive and second largest non-Galilean moon of Jupiter. Yet, due to its distant orbit, we still don't have sharp images of it. Does Juno have enough fuel to alter its orbit with ...
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What caused the jitter in the DART video as it approached Dimorphos?
If you look at the series of images DART took as it approached Dimorphos, the asteroid jumps around a bit as you approach. Does this mean small corrections were being made right up till near the end? ...
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Why does Interstellar Probe need 2 TB of memory
This article says that Interstellar Probe is supposed to have two terabytes of memory(which I assume means storage, not RAM). What does it need so much for? New Horizons had 8 gigabytes of storage, ...
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