After a NASA
deep-space probe crash lands in Mexico, alien life forms spread throughout the US-Mexico border region, leading to areas being quarantined.
China's space-science program took a major step in October with the launch of its first
deep-space probe, Chang'e 1, to study the Moon.
"I can tell you that we removed a piece of it and presented it to the New Horizons
deep-space probe team, which is the first non-NASA developed
deep-space probe," Rutan said.
While the mission marks the farthest close encounter of an object within our solar system, Nasa's Voyager 1 and 2, a pair of
deep-space probes launched in 1977, have reached greater distances on a mission to survey extrasolar bodies.
During a listless era of discovery dominated by unexciting
deep-space probes, lethargic Martian rovers, and heavily diminished manned orbital missions, modern society hasn't been able to maintain much enthusiasm for astronauts--former torchbearers of the exciting and complex "Space Race." Willie G.
He works for a company that is a behind-the-scenes but necessary supporter of the space projects operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working at the site in California's desert that is home for the giant antennas that communicate with Curiosity and other
deep-space probes. Bryan and his co-workers, as he explained it, "make sure those communications happen.
But two researchers at Penn State university disagree with the Obama administration, and insisted that our
deep-space probes - NASA's Pioneer and Voyager craft - may be equally too small for extraterrestrial civilisations to notice.
From Jules Verne's book From the Earth to the Moon, penned more than 140 years ago, to CGI-laden space movies and the real-life exploits of a manned moon landing,
deep-space probes, satellites and zero-gravity experiments: space exploration is both exciting, and surprisingly commonplace.
In reality, thermoelectrics have been too inefficient and expensive to do much more than cool beverages in picnic baskets or power
deep-space probes that need especially reliable components (SN: 9/6/97 p.
The optically based communication system could also benefit satellite-to-satellite communication for spacecraft in low Earth orbit, for geo-stationary satellites, and for
deep-space probes.
The array will also be able to track a host of satellites and
deep-space probes simultaneously, proving its value not just to astronomy.