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Which space probe sent data back to earth for the longest time?
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Voyager 2 has transmitted data since it's launch on 20th August 1977.
Voyager 1 was launched 5th September 1977
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Can a spaceship go through Jupiter?
Close enough for good research, yes. One space probe has even been parachuted down into Jupiter's atmosphere and sent back information to earth.
What is a satellite probe?
an unmanned device that uses technology and sends information back to earth
Has anyone ever been on Neptune?
The Voyager 2 space probe did a flyby of Neptune on August 25th 1985, beaming back images and data to Earth. Nothing can land on Neptune because it is a gas giant. Gas giants do not have a solid surface.
Light energy that is absorbed by Earth's surface is changed into what?
heat, unless it bounces off earth back into space
What isa aenormus telescope floating in space that sends pics back to earth called in general?
Hubble space telescope and international space station!
What is the functions of the probe?
a space probe is designed to explore space. it transmits data back to earth. that is how it functions.
Is a space shuttle a space probe or space satellite?
neither it is usually referred to as a launch vehicle. a space probe is unmanned and transmits data back to earth and a space satellite is something that orbits the earth. you could call the shuttle a satellite but it is not normally referred to as that.
What vehicle goes to space and other planets to collect scientific information and send data back to earth?
Space probe?
What is a scientific probe?
A probe is a spacecraft that travels through space to collect science information. ... Probes send data back to Earth for scientists to study. The First Probes. Sputnik 1 was the first probe to go into space.
How did scientists obtain a picture of the surface of the Earth?
Some probe satileitis have taken pictures from space and had sent the data back 2 earth
What is the difference between a space probe and the satellite?
Space probes- instrument that gathers data and sends it back to earth, and an artificial satellite is when people go up to space and gather data and then go back to earth to go over the data
What is the difference between a space probe and a satellite?
Space probes- instrument that gathers data and sends it back to earth, and an artificial satellite is when people go up to space and gather data and then go back to earth to go over the data
What travels far into space and brings back information?
A space probe or spacecraft goes into space and reports back information.
Where did the first space probe go?
The space probe furthest from the Earth is Voyager 1. It is at a distance of 109.366 AU from Earth. 1 AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Hence, it is around 110 times the distance between the earth and the Sun and around 10 times further than Pluto is from Earth.
Which probe has brought back stuff to earth?
no probe has been able to actually bring back things to earth they are able to transmit data back to earth but not samples of rock and such, if your thinking of moon rocks then they were brought back in the Apollo missions in the 1960s
What gathers information and sends it back to earth?
A satellite, probe, or spacecraft can gather information and send it back to earth.
If a ball is thrown in space and on earth which ball will travel the greatest distance?
Naturally the ball in space will travel the longest distance as long as it does not bump into something along the way. Gravity on earth will cause the ball thrown to fall back to earth.
