A European rocket launched from French Guiana — not the American rocket launches the same night — was likely the source of ...

A troubled European rocket critical to the continent’s goal of reducing its reliance on Elon Musk’s SpaceX thundered off a ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and ...

After a week of weather delays across the U.S, launch cadence increases as providers strive to catch up with the backlog. A ...

An Ariane 6 successfully launched a European weather satellite with an Earth science hosted payload Aug. 12 in the third ...

Pennsylvania residents witness a stunning celestial event: swirling lights in the sky. Discover what caused this mesmerizing ...

An Ariane 6 test model on the launch pad in Kourou, French Guidana during a hot-fire test on Nov. 23, 2023, which lasted more than seven minutes.

Ariane 6 is the successor to Ariane 5, which has been a crucial asset for the European Space Agency (ESA). From 1996 until 2023, Ariane 5 accumulated 117 launches, with 112 successful.

The 164-foot-tall (50-meter) Ariane 6 replaces the Ariane 5, which made its final flight in July 2023 following several decades of reliable service. Ariane 6’s first commercial flight will also ...

As Europe battles record-breaking heat, the Ariane 6 rocket carrying the MetOp-SGA1 satellite successfully launched on ...

Earlier Ariane 6 designs referred to maximum payload values of 8,000 kilograms to that orbit. More recently, Ariane 6 backers had talked of a 7,000-kilogram maximum, coining the phrase “triple ...

The first Ariane 6 launch was initially slated for July 2020. After several delays, the rocket is now set to blast off in the “last quarter of 2023,” according to a recent media briefing.