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.
2. Flyby Probe: In this type of space probe the robotic space explorer collects information in the form of images and other telemetry as it flies very close by the celestial object. NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 to Jupiter and beyond are an example of flyby probes. 3.
Now, a probe is on a seven-hour journey to land on 67P, the comet shaped like a rubber duck that Rosetta has been chasing around the solar system like a cosmic pingpong ball for 10 years. Commander Captain Kirk -- prompting the actor who played him, William Shatner, to send his best wishes.