A troubled European rocket critical to the continent’s goal of reducing its reliance on Elon Musk’s SpaceX thundered off a ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time on Wednesday, carrying an advanced weather and climate ...

A bright light in the New Jersey sky Tuesday night the attention of many likely marking the launch of a powerful Vulcan ...

It represents Europe's first contribution to a US-led programme, the Joint Polar System, a new satellite constellation orbiting between the north and south poles ...

A newly launched satellite will help with weather forecasting and climate analysis. UK Aerospace company Airbus, based in ...

After a 4-year delay, the new heavy-lift rocket for Europe is almost ready for space. Ariane 6 should launch for the European Space Agency no earlier than June 15.

After a week of weather delays across the U.S, launch cadence increases as providers strive to catch up with the backlog. A ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 of Amazon Project Kuiper spacecraft lifted off at 8:35 a.m. ET (1235 GMT) on Monday (Aug. 11).

The rocket will be taller but lighter, and each launch will be more affordable than on Ariane 5. “Ariane 5 was really the workhorse of Europe to bring heavy and medium-sized satellites into space.

A brand-new rocket Today's launch was a long time coming. Development of the Ariane 6 began in late 2014, and its debut was originally envisioned to take place in 2020.

The fully stacked 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket was recently wheeled to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Ariane 6 is designed to lift 4.5 tons to Sun synchronous orbital ...