Brussels, 12/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - Similarly to the US and Russia, the Europeans are now also supervising the return to the earth's atmosphere of space shuttles. On Wednesday 11 February, the European Space Agency (ESA) completed the launch and return of the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
The IXV was launched by the Vega rocket from the Kourou space station in French Guiana. Following a flight of up to 413 km in altitude, without incident but which was subject to a 40 minute...