On the second flight, however, the Vinci engine reignited. The development of Ariane 6 was decided in 2014 and cost 4.5 billion euros. The rocket is expected to be in use until at least the mid-2030s.

Ariane 6, which Arianespace operates on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), is the successor to the workhorse Ariane 5, which retired ... failed to complete an engine burn designed to ...

Ariane 6, which Arianespace operates on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), is the successor to the workhorse Ariane 5, which retired ... failed to complete an engine burn designed to ...

There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...

Launched aboard the Ariane 5 rocket, this $10 billion engineering ... Amid Strong Geomagnetic Storm Rolls-Royce explores shifting engine-making to US to counter Trump tariffs Boeing wins lucrative ...

Similar issues have previously impacted other spacecraft, including India's Chandrayaan-2 and the European Ariane 5 rocket. In their research, scientists described a rocket engine design where ...

The NASA contract for this mission is worth up to $62.5 million, but Intuitive Machines ... are performing tasks like turning off the engine as if it has indeed landed. The final engine burn ...

Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum, a two-stage orbital launch vehicle, will be the first privately built rocket to lift off from ...

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward in its first commercial flight this week. It successfully launched a CSO-3 French military observation satellite into orbit at an altitude of around 800 ...

Among the investors was André-Hubert Roussel, former CEO of ArianeGroup, who oversaw the development of Europe’s only ...

Europe has not been able to use Russia's Soyuz rockets since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022, while the workhorse Ariane 5 was retired in 2023. The mission had taken on greater symbolic ...