Airbus Conducts SpacePlane Demo In South China Sea

PARIS — Airbus Defense and Space completed flight trials of a quarter-scale version of its SpacePlane May 1-4, validating the dynamic flight conditions encountered during the end-of-flight phase following return from space. The tests took place 100 km (60 mi.) off the coast of Singapore in the South...

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