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English: NASA engineers check out the Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE) in the lab at the Langley Research Center. IRVE was launched on 17 August 2009 on a Black Brant 9 sounding rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility, performing as engineers expected. This is the first time an inflatable structure has served as a heat shield for atmospheric reentry. |
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| Source | http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/features/irve.html (direct link) |
| Author | NASA/Langley/Sean Smith |
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