Ariane Next, as it is known, will be a reusable rocket akin to SpaceX's Starship. It is slated to launch some time in the 2030s. The main criticism of Ariane 6 has been that it will not be ...

A camera placed near the launchpad delivers and amazing view of the first liftoff of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket. Credit: ESA ...

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 ...

This Week in Rocket Launches we have two launches from SpaceX and one launch from Arianespace. The Arianespace mission is more exciting because it will feature the maiden flight of Ariane 6 ...

The inaugural launch of a new heavy-lift rocket doesn't happen every year; it happens only every 20 years or maybe 30 years. And today we have launched Ariane-6 successfully," he told reporters.

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.

On Wednesday, the agency showed off its mock-ups of the LISA spacecraft, called the Engineering Development Unit Telescope.

A Russian rocket has blasted off successfully to carry a pair of Iranian satellites into orbit, a launch that reflected ...

Mike Wall Read more: Atlas V rocket launches its final national security ... that rapidly evolve over the course of only a few days." Ariane 6 successfully deployed nine cubesats to orbit about ...

Ariane 6 launches for the first time July 9, 2024, from the Guiana Space Centre’s ELA-4 launch site in French Guiana. Credit: ESA / S. Corvaja For the European space industry, the deafening ...

The Intelsat-33e communications satellite is no longer operational after an outage Oct. 19; affected customers are being moved to other platforms, the company added in a statement. Meanwhile, U.S.

ULA's new Vulcan rocket, which will replace the Atlas V, has launched on two successful test flights. The company ...