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

It features a new generation of methane-driven rocket engines and will ultimately lift ... in a rapid unscheduled disassembly, scattering parts all over the Caribbean. Much of the rocket burned ...

The clear resin parts also allow the combustion observed and more accurate conclusions to be drawn from every test. This engine intended to be used as a torch igniter for a much larger rocket engine.

The 184-foot-tall (56-meter) rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 11:24 am EST (16:24 UTC). Twin solid-fueled boosters and a hydrogen-fueled core stage engine powered the Ariane 6 through ...