The ICARUS consortium – formed to develop inflatable heat shields to recover rocket stages from space and prepare for Mars missions – has received €15 million of EU funding.
The consortium is led by Spain’s Deimos includes among others partners such as Germany’s Atmos, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), and official space research centres from Italy (CIRA) and France (ONERA).
If successful, the system could also protect precious cargo during re-entry and descent to Earth and could eventually be used for Mars missions.
ICARUS (“Inflatable Concept Aeroshell for the Recovery of a re-Usable launcher Stage”) has received €10…
