Italy Flies Long-Delayed Hypersonic Test Vehicle
Credit: CIRA
After a string of delays stretching back to 2008, Italy’s reusable launch vehicle research program is finally back on track. The Unmanned Space Vehicle (USV) program, part of a wider European effort to prepare future launch vehicle technologies, is intended to investigate hypersonic reentry and...
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