IXV crew practise manoeuvres

Although the team have already practised the tricky manoeuvre of lifting IXV out of the ocean they will continue to hone their skills under a wide range of conditions on their journey to the Pacific Ocean.

The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) will splashdown in the Pacific after its experimental mission to test the technologies and critical systems for Europe’s future automated reentry vehicles returning from low orbit.