ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher (right) discusses plans for the first Ariane 6 launch at the ILA Berlin air show June 5 with officials that included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (center).

Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) have successfully completed the maiden launch of the new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French ...

On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time, thus ending a storied 27-year career for what was Europe’s first heavy-lift rocket. Nearly ten months later, Arianespace is ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

The inaugural launch of Europe’s next-gen rocket has been a long time in the making, and it almost went by without a hitch until a second stage anomaly caused an Ariane 6 launch failure, marring its ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is about to conduct the maiden launch of its new Ariane 6 rocket. The new rocket builds on five decades of Ariane launches, and gives Europe a new spaceflight system ...

Europe's newest heavy-lift rocket roared into space today as the Ariane 6 booster lifted off from the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana at 4:00 pm GFT (19:00 GMT). Designated VA262, the inaugural ...

The new European launcher Ariane 6 takes off into space for the first time at the European spaceport in Kourou. The rocket lifted off from the European spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana at around 9 ...

Europe’s next-generation launch vehicle, the Ariane 6, is poised to lift off for the first time tomorrow, as the continent looks to build out sovereign access to space and ensure European missions are ...

Europe’s all-new Ariane 6 rocket is being assembled ready for a summer test launch. Its predecessor Ariane 5 rocket flew its last flight in July 2023. The new rocket should have been ready to ...

Arianespace announced liftoff at 03:10 BST (04:10 CEST, 23:10 local time on 23 October) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for a mission lasting about 38 minutes. “For this launch, we ...