Monday, February 2, 2015

Wingless Spaceplane will paddle back to Earth

With “plane” in the name, you expect to see wings. But the European Space Agency’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle IXV, or Spaceplane, will have to earn them. A critical test takes place Feb. 11, when the Spaceplane will get a push into space aboard a Vega rocket and splash down 100 minutes later in a vetting […] From Cult of Mac

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