interplanetary space
Americannoun
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Meanwhile, an interplanetary space race between the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The fast solar wind -- a supersonic stream of charged particles -- originates mainly in the Sun's polar coronal holes and fills most of the heliosphere, shaping conditions in interplanetary space.
From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025
"If successful, it would be China's first samples collected from interplanetary space," Zhang said, adding that a spacecraft will be sent to fly around and then land on the asteroid to collect the samples.
From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2023
Nearly two dozen spacecraft destined for Mars have failed in their efforts, some on the launch pad, some in interplanetary space, and some on the Martian surface.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2022
But these are the laws our planet obeys as we ourselves, glued by gravity to the surface of the Earth, hurtle through interplanetary space.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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