Soon, IXV - Europe's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle - will be launched into space on a Vega launcher from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. A short but crucial mission to advance Europe's ambition to return autonomously from space.
Credit/Courtesy: ESA
Note: Launch Date February 11, 2015
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