SHEFEX
SHEFEX
For ten years, DLR has been developing return technology under the SHEFEX programme that will enable flying objects to enter the atmosphere and land safely after a flight in space. A sharp-edged design is supposed to enhance mission flexibility and lower the cost of re-entry considerably. SHEFEX I successfully flew in 2005. On 22 June 2012, SHEFEX II took off, the first version to be actively controlled by wing flaps.
