However because of the fact Vaccus was basically a cosmic void of ALL black holes and other varieties of stars close to black holes, the place was practically overflowing with time dilation fields everywhere that the probe could turn. And because of this, the prob actually, could not turn. In fact, it couldn't move. AT ALL. If it did move, it would be at such a speed that was unnoticeable to anyone watching it.
Add that to the fact that the pulsar that all of Vaccus orbited was a natural EMP, and bye bye probe spaceship.
