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    • Title Looking up at hoisted IXV prototype
    • Released 24/06/2014 11:12 am
    • Copyright Neri - Livorno (I)
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      On the 23 June 2014 a prototype of the suborbital IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle was recovered off the coast of Tuscany, Italy in a practice run for the launch of the real spacecraft in November.

      The prototype was carefully hoisted onto the recovery ship Nos Aries and into its container.

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