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Yes, it is very possible, although not often done (deliberately). The easiest way is to simply let it crash. The other option is to send another craft up and collect it, although the latter is usually quite expensive compared to just building another and sending it up instead.

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They send data about 1-22,000 miles. The moon isn't even millions of miles away, it's about 250,000 miles away, or 1/4 million miles.

They send information by way of radiation, usually radio waves. Radiation is light, most "light" is invisible to us, heat and light are the only kinds we can sense naturally. Radio waves are sent out in highly complex bursts which computers on earth translate into 1s and 0s, which is what computers use for information.

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Via radio communication.

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using a slingshot like on The Simpsons

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How do satellites get the weather?

Satellites take pictures and accumulate other information into the computer. They analyze the data and send it back to weather stations on earth.


Where can one find pictures of earth satellites?

One can find pictures of earth satellites on the NASA Visible Earth online website. NASA Visible Earth is a catalog of NASA images of our home planet, earth. The website "Geology" is where one can also find pictures of earth satellites.


How does satellite photography work?

Satellites use the earth's orbit and the earth's gravity to take pictures. The satellites orbit the earth in the same direction that the earth spins. That way the satellites never have to move against the earth's movement to take pictures. There are two kinds of satellites; ones that take pictures that are designed for taking pictures, and ones that are designed for spying. The ones that are designed for spying can magnify what are seeing on earth. Otherwise, the two kinds of satellites work the same way.


What instruments are used to send pictures from outer space to earth?

Pictures are sent to earth from outer space through the Hubble Telescope and cameras on satellites. The satellites then send the images to NASA computers.


What is orbiting the earth and taking pictures of it?

A space station and many satellites.


How can satellites get full earth pictures since it is spherical?

it also revolves


Why does your house not show on Google earth?

Google Earth is made of pictures taken from satellites. If your house is new or has been renovated, the satellites may not have taken a picture of it yet.


What are pictures of earth surface that are based on data collected by satellites called?

They are called maps


How do astronauts take pictures?

We send satellites and space probes equipped with cameras into space. The satellites and probes can be sent commands via radio waves, and the equipment then sends back digital photographs via radio as well.


Have any satellites explored earth up close?

Plenty. Just look Google Earth for the pictures of everything.


Why is it that Google can take a picture of your front door but the pictures of the moon from NASA are so poor?

Google satellites are closer to the Earth than the NASA satellites are to the moon. And those pictures are pretty good.


How was the Flat Earth hypothesis proven wrong?

the Flat Earth Hypothesis was proven wrong by satellites taking pictures from space