space probe

C2658 concept

A space probe is an unmanned spacecraft designed to travel beyond Earth's orbit to collect scientific data about other celestial bodies and the space environment.

Observed surface forms (16)

Soviet spacecraft ×6
uncrewed spacecraft ×4
Venus orbiter ×3
robotic spacecraft ×3
Jupiter orbiter ×2
Mars orbiter ×2
NASA space probe ×2
fictional space probe ×2
lunar orbiter ×2
Mercury orbiter mission ×1

Instances (30)

Pioneer 11
Curiosity rover via concept surface "robotic spacecraft"
Perseverance rover via concept surface "NASA space probe"
New Horizons
Luna 1
Luna 2
Luna 10 via concept surface "uncrewed spacecraft"
Voyager 1
Chandrayaan-1 via concept surface "lunar probe"
Mars Orbiter Mission via concept surface "Mars orbiter"
BepiColombo mission via concept surface "Mercury orbiter mission"
surface form: BepiColombo
Dawn mission via concept surface "NASA space probe"
surface form: Dawn
Soviet space program
surface form: Luna 1
Voskhod spacecraft via concept surface "Soviet spacecraft"
Nomad via concept surface "fictional space probe"
Nomad space probe via concept surface "fictional space probe"
surface form: Nomad
Galileo spacecraft
Magellan spacecraft
Juno spacecraft
surface form: Juno
Sputnik 1 via concept surface "Soviet spacecraft"
Voyager 2
Sputnik 2 via concept surface "Soviet spacecraft"
Mars Express via concept surface "Mars orbiter"
Venus Express via concept surface "Venus orbiter"
Hayabusa spacecraft via concept surface "robotic spacecraft"
surface form: Hayabusa
Hayabusa2 spacecraft via concept surface "asteroid sample-return spacecraft"
surface form: Hayabusa2
Project Longshot via concept surface "interstellar probe concept"
Kaguya (SELENE) lunar orbiter via concept surface "lunar orbiter"
surface form: Kaguya (SELENE)
Pioneer 10
Akatsuki Venus climate orbiter
surface form: Akatsuki