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Added on the 21/12/2022 12:11:08 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People gather in Toulouse, in southern France, to watch the launch of Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket, which is bound to take off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 4pm local time (1900 GMT). IMAGES
The new Ariane 6 rocket smoothly launches into clear skies at 4pm local time (1900 GMT) from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying with it the continent's hopes of regaining independent access to space. IMAGES
Images show the launch of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou in French Guiana. The mission is the 18th Vega mission and the first since a failed Vega launch in November, in which satellites for France and Spain were lost. IMAGES
The Vega rocket launches from Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket has two satellites on board for observing the Earth and natural phenomena, according to the video broadcast of the launch. IMAGES
Russian, American and Canadian astronauts blast off for the first manned Soyuz mission since a frightening failed launch in October. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency take off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission aboard the International Space Station. IMAGES of the launch