Update: July 6, 9:24 a.m. ET: Ariane 5 successfully lifted off at 6:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, delivering its payloads to space. The mission lasted for 33 minutes, ending a spectacular 27-year run ...

Check out this 360-degree video showing Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launch for the final time, with the camera place just 50 meters away. Skip to main content Menu ...

The Ariane-5, Europe's heavy-lift rocket, has flown its final mission. The vehicle, which has underpinned the continent's access to space for nearly three decades, ended its career by taking up ...

The Ariane 5 rocket made its debut in June 1996 with a launch failure, and its second launch a year later was also a partial failure. But after that, the rocket has had a commendable record of ...

After 27 years and 117 missions, ESA's heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket has launched into retirement with the successful lift off of Flight VA261 on July 5, 2023 at 22:00 GMT from the Centre Spatial ...

The 164-foot-tall (50-meter) Ariane 5 rocket looks similar to SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV, with a core booster and two side boosters giving it extra power for ...

Engineers first created Ariane-5 in the 1980s with the aim of using it to launch a shuttle into space for astronauts. However, it was decided that would be too expensive, so in 1996 the rocket was ...

Europe’s Ariane-5 rocket has flown its final launch mission, leaving the continent in a difficult position as its replacement space vehicle is still in development.. The rocket’s final flight ...

Like its predecessor, the Ariane 6 will be a two-stage rocket. It's slightly taller than the Ariane 5 (63 meters vs. 52 meters) with the same 5.4-meter width. There will be two different versions ...