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ESA and Thales Alenia Space to sign development contract for experimental reentry vehicle: media opportunity

17 July 2009

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Illustration showing Expert during reentry

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Illustration showing the Expert (European Experimental Reentry Testbed )mission in the process of reentry. The experimental programme associated with the Expert flight testbed is designed to provide high-quality data on the critical aerothermodynamic phenomena that are encountered during hypersonic flight.

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The Expert Vehicle

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