Japan's Hope-X mini-shuttle model crashes during test
Credit: AP/WIDE WORLD
The High Speed Flight Technology Demonstrator-2 (HSFD 2) quarter-scale model of Japan's unmanned Hope-X mini-shuttle crashed July 2 after being released from a stratospheric balloon some 21 km. (13 mi.) above the European Space Agency's Esrange test site in Sweden. The tests were focusing on the...
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