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# The Exploration Company's capsule survives reentry, lost before splashdown
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-24-exploration-company-mission-possible-reentry/
- Published: 2025-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:05:01.000Z
- Description: The Exploration Company's Mission Possible capsule, a precursor to its Nyx cargo vehicle, de-orbited from 550 kilometres and survived reentry heating but lost contact near 26 kilometres before splashdown, in only the third guided reentry flown by a European vehicle.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [The Exploration Company blog, 24 June 2025](https://www.exploration.space/blog/mission-possible-re-entry-milestone-achieved-for-europes-reusable-spaceflight?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that the capsule's parachutes worked at low altitude, or that Nyx's 2028 cargo return goal will be met on schedule.

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**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)