This might not be completely accurate but I'm positive this is the general idea.A space probe is launched from a rocket. When the rocket reaches a certain distance into space, parts of the rocket...
Actually, there are very many space probes out there, like Cassini, Voyagers 1 and 2, Spirit and Opportunity, Galileo, the Viking Lander, and many more.
space probes can search space with cool awesome sweet thrusters, that look cool, answer by dakotaactually space probes search space by orbiting around planets answer by nick jeese dakopta your dumb