NASA Closer to Venus Mission Following Successful Balloon Test
The team preparing the prototype aerial robotic balloon for a test flight above the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.Photo: NASANASA wants to send a giant silver balloon to the hellish world of Venus, where the floatingrobot would explore the toxic Venusian atmosphere. Functional tests of a smaller prototype recently took place in a Nevada desert in preparation for this upcoming mission to the solar system’s inferno. The prototype of the aerial robotic balloon, or aerobot, just completed two successful test flights above the…