An essential alternative to an expendable space test vehicle. A look at a space lab that comes back to Earth. The Centra Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (the Italian Aerospace Research Center, or CIRA) is using an unmanned space vehicle (USV) to research technologies that are vital to the development of future space transporters. The onboard computer used in the test flights previously underwent comprehensive testing. CIRA is using the USV as a 'flying laboratory' for research into all the important aspects of developing the reusable space transporters of the future, such-as thermodynamics, elasticity, heat shield technologies, navigation techniques and flight mechanics among others. The USV has already performed two test flights and on both occasions provided valuable data on factors such as the pressure, force and temperature conditions on the outer shell.
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机译：消耗性太空试验车的基本替代品。看一下回到地球的太空实验室。 Italiana Ricerche Aerospaziali中心（意大利航空航天研究中心或CIRA）正在使用无人航天器（USV）来研究对未来太空运输机的发展至关重要的技术。试飞中使用的机载计算机以前曾进行过全面测试。 CIRA将USV用作“飞行实验室”，以研究开发未来可重复使用的太空运输机的所有重要方面，例如热力学，弹性，隔热屏技术，导航技术和飞行力学等。美国海军已经进行了两次试飞，两次都提供了有关外壳压力，力和温度条件等因素的有价值的数据。
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