Then, with a fierce hiss, the probes began to pump air out of the tough balloon shells.
The probe began recently, but obviously there have been some cases of corruption.
"The first probe has begun telemetering data," she reported.
The probes were just beginning to make out the shapes of the three main continents when the figures coming in suddenly became uncertain.
The probe began in July after staff reported "unexplained" low blood sugar levels among some patients.
I had expected the reassignment: a probe begins at the bottom, and up until this moment I'd been the leader of my cell.
The atmospheric probes began to lose height, sliding down towards the surface of the red cloud.
The probe began to disappear inside, which was surprising, since, in this case, inside only looked like more empty space.
"The water is fresh," Yarrun reported as the sunken probe began to return data.
Somewhere in those years, the probes began coming back from the near stars, empty.