NASA's Venus aerobot prototype excels test flights in Nevada
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If the environment on Venus is not conducive for spacecrafts, can we try something else? Like a robotic balloon? Well, a team of scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Near Space Corporation have devised a plan of sending an orbiter along with an aerial robotic balloon to probe Venus. The one-third scale aerobot prototype has successfully completed two test flights in Nevada.
