Flamin' Flaps! Euro-Vehicle Glows in Test

Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 15:31 in Physics & Chemistry

Steering flaps to be used on Europe's IXV eXperimental vehicle fluoresce in a super-heated plasma wind tunnel re-entry simulation. European Experimental Reentry Testbed ("Expert" )will flight test the flaps.

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