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Aerobot
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An aerobot is an aerial robot, usually used in the context of an unmanned space probe or unmanned aerial vehicle.
Vega balloon probe on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution
Vega balloon probe on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution
Artist's conception for a Venus airplane
Artist's conception for a Venus airplane
Vega program
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The Vega program was a series of Venus missions that also took advantage of the appearance of comet 1P/Halley in 1986. Vega 1 and Vega 2 were uncrewed spacecraft launched in a cooperative effort among the Soviet Union and Austria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Federal Republic of Germany in December 1984. They had a two-part mission to investigate Venus and also flyby Halley's Comet.
Vega mission description
Vega mission description
A Vega probe bus on display at the National Air and Space Museum
A Vega probe bus on display at the National Air and Space Museum
Artist's impression of the Vega probe on Venus
Artist's impression of the Vega probe on Venus
Vega balloon probe on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Geoffrey A. Landis.
Vega balloon probe on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Geoffrey A. Landis.