Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Employees work on an intertank structure of the upper stage of an Ariane 6 launcher at the Ariane Group plant in Bremen.

It took a while, but a consensus has emerged in Europe that the continent’s space industry needs to develop reusable rockets. How to do it and how much to spend on it remain unresolved questions. Much ...

PARIS (AP) — Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is scheduled to make a powerful debut with a new equipment configuration Thursday, flying with four boosters to carry Amazon’s internet satellites. The launch ...

Even if they are quite active in the world of space exploration, the Europeans generally take a back seat to everything America is doing. As the centers of power in this world shift, though, the Old ...

A four-booster version of the European Ariane 6 rocket blasted off from a South American spaceport on Thursday, marking the first time that the most powerful configuration was sent into space. The ...