While SpaceX managed to get its hulk of a Starship rocket off the ground on Thursday, the upper-stage spacecraft ... of the rocket’s flight. The two-stage Ariane 6 first flew in July 2024.

The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine powered the Ariane 6 through ...

The Ariane 6 can carry larger satellites, launching payloads of up to 21.6 metric tons into lower orbits and 11.5 tons into higher orbits. The upper stage of the rocket can be repeatedly ignited ...

Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket just launched for the second ... The flight didn't go perfectly, however; the Ariane 6's upper stage failed to complete an engine burn designed to set up the ...

After the aborted launch on Monday, it worked today: Ariane 6 has taken off. The re-ignition ... not all the rocket's issues have been resolved: During the first flight, the upper stage's ...

Europe's space ambitions received a boost on Tuesday with the successful maiden flight of its next-generation heavy-lift launcher, Ariane 6. The €4 billion rocket, launched from French Guiana ...