The ESA's New Space Shuttle Gets Dressed For Its First Trial Outing

The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), a new wingless space plane, is set to be tested on February 11th. Here, it's show during fairing encapsulation in preparation for the launch.

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