also 2015 in spaceflight Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator (ARD) - ESA reentry testbed flown in 1998 European eXPErimental Re-entry Testbed (EXPERT) - research programme developing materials used in IXV, never flown Future Launchers Preparatory Programme - parent programme for IXV Hopper - an earlier ESA project on developing manned spaceplane, cancelled HYFLEX (Hypersonic Flight Experiment) - equivalent Japanese spaceplane demonstrator for HOPE-X developed and flown by NASDA in 1996 RLV-TD - Indian reusable technology validation test bed, in development by ISRO Space Rider - orbital spaceplane developed from IXV technologies Aurora programme References Further reading External links Official IXV website IXV Twitter profile Full replay from liftoff to splashdown for IXV reentry mission, ESA Multimedia Gallery (11 February 2015) IXV first results press conference, ESA Space in Videos (16 June 2015) ESA's IXV reentry vehicle mission, ESA Multimedia Gallery (2012 animation) IXV: learning to come back from Space, IXV Video News Release VNR ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, ESA Multimedia Gallery (2008 animation) ESA Euronews: "Splashdown – the re-entry test" (2013-08-22). CNES reusable atmospheric re-entry vehicle: PRE-X Atmospheric entry CNES European Space Agency satellites Hypersonic aircraft 2010s international experimental aircraft Spacecraft launched in 2015 Spaceplanes Suborbital spaceflight Spacecraft launched by Vega rockets Technology demonstrations