Font Size: Welcome to the Camarillo Airport. The Camarillo Airport (CMA), as it is known today, was the former Oxnard Air Force Base. The base was established in the early 1950âs for coastal defense and a variety of military aircraft operated here until 1969 when the base was deactivated.
5. Atmospheric Probes: These space probes remain in, or transit through the atmosphere of the planet or moon and study weather patterns and atmospheric peculiarities until its end. The Huygens probe to Titan acted as an atmospheric probe and then a lander once it was on the surface of Saturn's moon.
Let's discuss the different types of robots used in space exploration. 1. Rovers: They are specially designed robotic vehicles, which explore the surface of planetary bodies as they move across them. NASA's Mars Pathfinder rover, Sojourner and Russia's Lunokhod 1 are autonomous robotic vehicles. 2.