A detail of the damaged heat shield of the European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimetal Vehicle (IXV), an atmospheric re-entry demonstrator launched on a Vega rocket on 11 February 2015 and recovered the same day in the Pacific Ocean following a 100-minute suborbital spaceflight. The image shows part of the actual flight vehicle on display at the 2015 Paris Air Show. The underside exhibits charring from re-entry heating. | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Williamson, Mark |
Taille de l’image : | 3408 px × 5128 px |
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