ESA's next-generation Ariane 6 heavy rocket came another step closer to flight on November 23, 2023 as it completed a long-duration hot-fire test of the stacked booster's Vulcain 2.1 engine at ...

Like Ariane 5, Ariane 6 will launch near the Equator, taking advantage of the boost from Earth’s rotation there to reach space. Meet Vinci The Vinci upper stage engine is the Ariane 6 feature ...

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to launch the Meteosat Third Generation Imager 1 (MTG-I1) weather satellite from French Guiana on Dec. 13, 2022. See an animation and launch and ...

The Ariane 6's liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen-burning Vulcain 2.1 engine was fired up for the first time on Sept. 5, firing for four seconds in a test that went according to plan. RELATED STORIES: ...

The rocket is made up of a core stage with two side boosters and an upper stage powered by a liquid-propellant engine. Ariane 5 has delivered major payloads to orbit, including the Rosetta comet ...

This new rocket was largely a modernization of the Ariane 5, including an updated design for the solid rocket booster and its Vulcain main engine. European space officials said the Ariane 6 rocket ...

The Ariane-6 vehicle lit its main cryogenic engine for four seconds before being shut down. ... The Ariane-5 was the mainstay of Europe's access to space for 27 years before its retirement, in July.

Ariane 5 earned such a good reputation for reliability that NASA ... Ariane 6 was unveiled on a launch pad in Kourou earlier this month ahead of an ignition test of its Vulcain 2.1 rocket engine.

The Ariane-6 vehicle lit its main cryogenic engine for four seconds before being shut down. The Ariane-6 is the replacement for the Ariane-5, which was the mainstay of Europe's access to space for ...

What will end with the launch of the Heinrich Hertz mission began 27 years ago. On 4 June 1996, the first launch marked the birth of Ariane 5. While the first flight was a false start, Ariane 5 ...

The rocket on the pad is an engineering model not intended for flight Europe's next-generation rocket has completed its first "hot-fire" test on its launch pad, in French Guiana. The Ariane-6 ...

The Ariane-6 vehicle lit its main cryogenic engine for four seconds before being shut down. A full-duration test, lasting almost eight minutes, is now planned in about a month's time. It is then ...