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If the mission is not intended to test new technology or merely plant a nation’s flag on another planet, the scientific instruments on board a space probe are its most important equipment. They are the “payload” of the spacecraft.
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van Pelt, M. (2007). Instruments of Science. In: Space Invaders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68880-0_5
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