探査機(たんさき)

たんさき
noun
probe; exploration vehicle; explorer
1. probe; exploration vehicle; explorer spacecraft
An unmanned vehicle or device sent to investigate or gather data, especially in space exploration.
火星(かせい)探査機(たんさき)が着陸(ちゃくりく)した。
The Mars probe landed.
探査機(たんさき)が送(おく)ってきた画像(がぞう)が公開(こうかい)された。
Images sent back by the probe were released to the public.
日本(にほん)の小惑星(しょうわくせい)探査機(たんさき)が地球(ちきゅう)にサンプルを持(も)ち帰(かえ)ることに成功(せいこう)した。
Japan's asteroid probe succeeded in bringing samples back to Earth.

探査(たんさ) (exploration, probing) + 機(き) (machine, device). Most commonly used in the context of space exploration to refer to unmanned spacecraft. Can also refer to deep-sea probes or other remote exploration devices.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 惑星(わくせい)探査機(たんさき) — planetary probe
  • 月(つき)探査機(たんさき) — lunar probe
  • 小惑星(しょうわくせい)探査機(たんさき) — asteroid probe
  • 深海(しんかい)探査機(たんさき) — deep-sea probe
  • 無人(むじん)探査機(たんさき) — unmanned probe

CULTURAL NOTE:
Japan's はやぶさ(はやぶさ) (Hayabusa) asteroid probe became a national sensation when it returned samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010. Its successor, はやぶさ2(はやぶさに), completed a similar mission to asteroid Ryugu in 2020.

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