space probe

• POS: Noun Phrase

CIDE DICTIONARY

space probe, n. 

 an unmanned rocket carrying instruments to explore objects or conditions in outer space; -- used mostly for vehicles travelling beyond the earth's gravitational field, rather than in orbital or suborbital flight.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

space probe

ATDA, ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score, Biosatellite, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason, Discoverer, ERS, Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Gemini, Injun, Intelsat, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner, Mars probes, Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos, Pegasus, Pioneer, Proton, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco, Secor, Sputnik, Surveyor, Syncom, Telstar, Transit, Vanguard, Viking, Voskhod, WRESAT, Zond, artificial satellite, artificial satellites, communications satellite, geo probe, geodetic satellite, geophysical satellite, navigational satellite, probe, research satellite, robot satellite, satellite, space satellite, spacecraft, sputnik, unmanned satellite, weather satellite