IXV: technologies tested

  • 9 years ago
IXV, Europe's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle, will soon be launched by Vega into a suborbital path. As it reenters Earth's atmosphere, IXV will test new critical technologies to advance Europe's ambition to return autonomously from space.

More about IXV:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/IXV