Ariane 5 demonstrated its mission capabilities this evening by delivering a dual-satellite payload into geostationary transfer orbit for Indian and U.S. customers. Flight 160 lifted off from the ...

Four spacecraft — two civilian communications birds and two military microsats — are in checkout today after the first Ariane 5 mission of the year Feb. 12. Liftoff of the Ariane 5 ECA from the ...

ARIANE PREP: Arianespace is in final preparations for the first Ariane 5 mission of 2009, a four-spacecraft launch set to go from Kourou, French Guiana, on Feb. 12. Two of the spacecraft — the SES New ...

The new European Ariane 6 rocket lifted off on Thursday for the first time on a commercial flight into space, carrying a French air force satellite. Live images showed the rocket lifting off from the ...

A troubled European rocket critical to the continent’s goal of reducing its reliance on Elon Musk’s SpaceX thundered off a launchpad and delivered a satellite into space on a third-ever mission ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and climate satellite to orbit. Ariane 6, the successor to the recently retired ...

The nuts and bolts left over from Ariane 5 rockets are being used to slice through European space history, literally. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.