Editing Atmospheric entry (section)

===Russia===

Such an inflatable shield/aerobrake was designed for the penetrators of [[Mars 96]] mission. Since the mission failed due to the launcher malfunction, the NPO Lavochkin and DASA/ESA have designed a mission for Earth orbit. The Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology (IRDT) demonstrator was launched on Soyuz-Fregat on 8 February 2000. The inflatable shield was designed as a cone with two stages of inflation. Although the second stage of the shield failed to inflate, the demonstrator survived the orbital reentry and was recovered.<ref name=IRDT2000>{{Cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet103/marraffa103.pdf|title=Inflatable Re-Entry Technologies: Flight Demonstration and Future Prospects|access-date=April 22, 2011|archive-date=January 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129130903/http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet103/marraffa103.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/irdt/factsheet.pdf Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology (IRDT)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231130516/http://www.spaceflight.esa.int/irdt/factsheet.pdf |date=2015-12-31 }} Factsheet, ESA, September, 2005</ref> The subsequent missions flown on the [[Volna]] rocket failed due to launcher failure.<ref name=2R2Smissions>{{Cite web|url=https://www.2r2s.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207150236/http://www.2r2s.com/demo_missions.html |url-status=dead |title=The Demonstration Missions|archive-date=December 7, 2016|website=www.2r2s.com|publisher=Return and Rescue Space Systems GmbH}}</ref>