ALL meanings of space probe
space probe
S s - noun space probe Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth. 1
- countable noun space probe A space probe is a spacecraft with no people in it which is sent into space in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth. 0
- noun space probe a vehicle, such as a satellite, equipped to obtain scientific information, normally transmitted back to earth by radio, about the atmosphere, surface, and temperature of a planet, conditions in space, etc 0