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Goodbye, Ariadne 5! Europe’s flagship rocket launches 2 satellites on final mission

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Europe’s working rocket has flown for the last time. The mighty Ariane 5 launched today (July 5) for the latest mission in its legendary career, which began way back in 1996 and now includes 117 orbital liftoffs. Today’s mission began at 18:00 EDT (2200 GMT), when Ariane 5 launched from Europe’s Kourou Spaceport in French … Read more

ESA’s Euclid mission has set off to explore the dark universe

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ESA's Euclid mission has set off to explore the dark universe

Saturday 1 July (Canada Day!), the ESA Euclid space telescope lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This next-generation astrophysics mission will spend the next few weeks flying to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point, where it will spend the next six years observing a third of the sky. During that time, Euclid will observe billions … Read more