The last version to fly was Ariane 5, which had 112 successful ... giving ESA the ability to launch once a month if needed. The rocket was originally supposed to fly in 2020 but was pushed back ...

originally belonged to an Ariane 5 rocket. “The upper cowling of a rocket covers the payload during launch,” Irmen told Newsweek, “and then it jettisons from the rocket after it leaves the ...

Enter Lucía Linares, the ESA’s head of strategy and institutional launches. Under Linares, the ESA pivoted, securing ...

the workhorse Ariane 5, left Europe unable to launch big satellites on homegrown rockets. "Ariane 6 will power Europe into space. Ariane 6 will make history," Josef Aschbacher, the director ...

(The Ariane 5's replacement, the Ariane 6, launched for the first time this past July.) Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! The SpaceX launch ...

This Week in Rocket Launches we have two launches from SpaceX ... the next-generation Arianespace rocket that replaces the Ariane 5. The Ariane 6 has been built by Arianespace on behalf of the ...

The rocket will take payloads into orbit more cheaply than its predecessor, Ariane-5. The ESA is expecting to make up to 11 launches a year.

Europe's long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket finally lifted off in July, picking up where the storied Ariane 5 left off ... Shortly after the July 9 inaugural launch, the ESA and ArianeGroup teams ...

Some rocket launches have experimented with gases such ... Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket ditched the helium of its predecessor Ariane 5 for a novel pressurization system that converts a small ...

Some rocket launches have experimented with gases such ... Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket ditched the helium of its predecessor Ariane 5 for a novel pressurization system that converts a small ...