据英国路透社6月21日报道，在日前举行的法国-布尔歇国际航空航天展览会（即巴黎航空展）上，欧洲航天局宣称继“过渡试验飞行器”（IXV）成功完成大气层内试飞后，该部门正在准备启动下一步太空计划，即在2014年8月份展开可重复使用航天飞机的发射试验。

ESA’s IXV unmanned spaceplane is installed inside Vega’s protective fairing at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle will be launched into a suborbital ...

A car-sized European spaceplane splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 16:19 Central European Time today, marking a milestone in the European Space Agency's efforts to build a craft that can return to ...

Europe’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) spaceplane has completed another step in its pre-launch checkout process, and is now being readied for fueling ahead of the November 18 flight with ...

The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia have signed a contract to build the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), an unmanned testbed for atmospheric re-entry technologies. IXV is scheduled for ...

The IXV is an Italian-led project within Esa. The vehicle is 5m long and and weighs almost two tonnes Europe is all set to launch its mini "spaceplane" demonstrator. The unmanned Intermediate ...

Europe is all set to launch its mini "spaceplane" demonstrator. The unmanned Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) will launch atop a Vega rocket from South America, fly east around the globe, ...

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A European mini-space shuttle prototype launched into space Wednesday (Feb. 11) and then zoomed back to Earth in a daring test of innovative technologies for future reusable spacecraft. The European ...

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Europe's answer to a 'space taxi' is now poised and ready to launch on a February 11 test flight. Dubbed the IXV, for Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, the craft will provide Europe with its own ...