KOUROU, French Guiana - Europe's 150th Ariane rocket flight put a 4.7-tonne communications satellite into orbit late on Tuesday after blast off from French Guiana, space officials said. The rocket was ...

Two new rockets just launched within 30 minutes of each other, with each vehicle lifting off for just the third time. First up, Arianespace’s Ariane 6 launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket took to the skies for the fourth time ever today (Nov. 4). An Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today at 4:02 p.m. EST (2102 GMT; ...

Europe's Ariane 6 just flew with its more powerful boosters — and carried the heaviest payload taken to space in one go by a European launcher. Here are some key mission highlights: - First-ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, carrying the CSO-3 satellite of ...

Europe's Ariane 64 rocket successfully completed its maiden flight, deploying 32 Amazon Leo satellites to low-Earth orbit. This new variant is Arianespace's most powerful launcher, doubling the ...

Even if they are quite active in the world of space exploration, the Europeans generally take a back seat to everything America is doing. As the centers of power in this world shift, though, the Old ...

The first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 has been rescheduled for Thursday, French company Arianespace announced, after an "anomaly" forced a last-minute postponement.

It took a while, but a consensus has emerged in Europe that the continent’s space industry needs to develop reusable rockets. How to do it and how much to spend on it remain unresolved questions. Much ...

Minutes before it was scheduled to launch Monday, the first commercial mission of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 was called off due to an "anomaly" on the ground. It was the latest of several ...

Here is a comparison of Ariane’s Themis prototype in 2025 and SpaceX’s Grasshopper tests (2012–2013) and the early Falcon 9 reusability program (2013–2016). Ariane is 13 years behind SpaceX. SpaceX ...