Which of the following statements about atmospheric drag on a space probe is false?

A. Atmospheric drag reduces the total energy of a returning space vehicle

B. Aerobraking uses dip into a planetary atmosphere to change an orbital trajectory

C. The drag force is proportional to the cube of the space probe velocity

D. The drag force acts in the direction exactly opposite to the probe’s velocity

E. The probe energy is (at least partially) transformed into heat in the atmosphere