3 hours ago By means of Jonathan Amos, @BBCAmos, Science Correspondent AFP Europe’s big new rocket, Ariane-6, has been successfully launched on its maiden flight. The vehicle took off from a launch pad in French Guiana at approximately 4:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. GMT) for a demonstration mission to launch a number of satellites … Read more
Image source, ESA/CNES/ARIANEROUP Article information Author, Jonathan Amos Role, Science Correspondent tweeting, @BBCAmos July 9, 2024, 12:27 BST Updated 1 hour ago Europe’s big new rocket, Ariane-6, will make its maiden flight later. The vehicle will be launched from French Guiana on a demonstration mission to place a number of satellites into orbit. The €4 … Read more
Video Gamer is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices are subject to change. Learn more The current Helldivers 2 Major Order has been an interesting one. The first few days seemed suspiciously easy, with little to do to keep X-45 under Super Earth control. Then … Read more
Enlarge / Four kerosene-fueled Reaver engines power the Firefly Alpha rocket from the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Welcome to Issue 7.01 of the Rocket Report! We’re putting this week’s report together a day later than usual because of the Independence Day holiday. Ars is entering its seventh year of publishing … Read more
Launch Summary: Scroll down for live coverage of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 on Tuesday, June 4. Night owls cheered when a SpaceX rocket launch was scheduled for just before 3 a.m. EDT Wednesday in the middle of the night. However, the launch was delayed until 4:55 … Read more
Enlarge / A test version of Firefly’s Miranda engine fires up on a test stand in Briggs, Texas. Firefly Aviation BRIGGS, Texas—The new medium-lift rocket being developed by Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman will eventually include a recoverable booster that returns to the launch site in Virginia for reuse. Firefly has previously indicated that rocket … Read more
Make your coffee or favorite caffeinated beverage – there’s a terribly late night rocket launch planned for this festive week. Just before July 4, SpaceX has scheduled a new Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral. The launch will take place at a time when most people are asleep. The bright side, however, is this: Night launches … Read more
On July 9, Anne-Sophie Chassagnou will assess whether the skies are clear enough for Europe to launch its first new rocket in almost 30 years. The only 26-year-old chief weatherman for the first flight of Ariane 6 has an enormous influence on the continent’s space ambitions. Last year, just minutes before ignition, the meteorologist at … Read more
SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on April 6, 2024. (SpaceX) SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday evening. The rocket lifted off at 8:14 PM PT Friday night’s mission, dubbed NROL-186, involved the transport of a payload for … Read more
A good example of this this week is United Launch Alliance’s Cert-2 mission. If you’re in the space business, it’s a wild statement when CEO Tory Bruno announces that ULA is going to bite the bullet and fly Cert-2 without a payload from the customer. After all, aren’t rockets expensive? Don’t rockets often wait months … Read more