Soon, IXV - Europe's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle - will be launched into space on a Vega launcher from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. A short but crucial mission to advance Europe's ambition to return autonomously from space.<br /><br />Credit/Courtesy: ESA<br /><br />Note: Launch Date February 11, 2015<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_eXperimental_Vehicle
