Video: Ariane 6 launchpad testing
It has been an exciting and busy summer for the European Space Agency, with development and testing of its new Ariane 6 launcher.
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2022
0
4
News tagged with rocket launcher
EU announces funding for Ariane 6 and other space-tech
The European Union on Tuesday announced 200 million euros ($222 million) of funding for the Ariane 6 rocket launcher and for small and medium-sized space technology companies.
Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2020
0
13
Europe marks 40th anniversary of first Ariane rocket launch
The first Ariane space rocket lifted off over the forests of French Guiana 40 years ago, enabling Europe to at last take its place as an independent player in the international race for space.
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2019
0
180
Space, not Brexit, is final frontier for Scottish outpost
Never mind Brexit: For a remote peninsula in the Scottish highlands, the buzz is all about hi-tech rocket launchers firing satellites into space.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2018
0
10
Europe's Ariane 5 launches two satellites into space
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket launcher successfully sent two telecoms satellites, one for a US-based communications service provider and one for an Indonesian bank, into space on Saturday.
Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2016
0
19
Europe's Ariane 5 launches two satellites into space
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket launcher successfully sent two telecoms satellites, one for Australia and one for Argentina, into space.
Space Exploration
Oct 1, 2015
0
16
Airbus consortium to develop next generation Ariane 6
The European Space Agency has tapped Airbus Safran Launchers to build a new-generation Ariane 6 rocket launcher by 2020 for 2.4 billion euros ($2.7 billion), ESA said Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2015
7
24
Airbus developing reusable space rocket launcher
European aircraft and aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled plans for a reusable space rocket launcher that should be ready in 2025, which the firm says will be radically different from the concept of rival US firm Space X.
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2015
44
1593
Scientists 'map' water vapor in Martian atmosphere
Russian scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), together with their French and American colleagues, have created a 'map' of ...
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2014
1
0
European Space Agency to reduce vibrations in future space rockets
Engineers at University College Dublin have been contracted by the European Space Agency to find new ways to reduce vibrations during lift-off in future launcher designs.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2014
0
0
