🚀 #Ariane6 has wings.

The first Ariane 6 rocket to take flight is being pieced together at Centre spatial guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana. Its two boosters have now been connected to and are supporting the rocket's central core.

One step closer to launch.

ESA ensures a ride into space for its @ESA_Smile mission, with Arianespace signing up to launch the spacecraft on a Vega-C rocket 🚀
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Mars exploration, new rockets and more: Interview with ESA chief Josef Aschbacher trib.al/kNS5qVO

#OTD 29 April 2021, launch of Vega Space Transportation System flight VV18 🚀from Centre spatial guyanais in Kourou with the Earth observation satellite Pléiades Neo-3🛰️ & 5 other payloads
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“It was magnificent. In the transmission control room, we all shouted out ‘Wow!’ in unison and were covered in goosebumps. Thirty seconds later, another ‘wow’ could be heard from everyone in the room above, along with a burst of applause. And then we got goosebumps all over…

Start of the first #Ariane6 launch campaign 🚀 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

#Ariane6 task force update for April esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

A booster awakes. Great skies for an early morning #Ariane6 rocket booster transport to the launchpad

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The @ESA Young Professionals Satellite, #YPSat - developed by young Agency personnel in their free time to document the inaugural flight of #Ariane6 from the inside - has been delivered to Arianespace esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

Ariane 6 is all about teamwork, and the team is ready for the match.

Julien Guiridlian from CNES is one of many making the first #Ariane6 launch possible. He is an Ariane launch complex assistant, taking care of the ground segment for Europe’s new rocket. 🚀
#SpaceTeamEurope