12K views · 1.5K reactions | ✅ Last week, #Webb was placed on top of the #Ariane 5 and a protective ‘shower curtain’ was put up to avoid any contamination. ✅ On the day of encapsulation in the fairing, the protective cover on top of Webb was removed and the fairing was lowered down over the observatory and locked in place for liftoff!  https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2021/12/Webb_secured_inside_Ariane_5_fairing #WebbFliesAriane | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

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7.7K views · 546 reactions | Ariane 5 has delivered two satellites, JCSAT-17 and Geo-Kompsat-2B, into their planned transfer orbits. Learn more: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane_5_s_second_launch_of_2020 Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace, Photo Optique Vidéo CSG | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

50 reactions | Europe's Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from French Guiana for the final time, carrying two military communications satellites and leaving its nations with a vacuum in autonomous access to space for the first time in more than four decades https://reut.rs/3NN6jVM | Reuters | Facebook

🚀It's not rocket science... oh wait it is! Join Ariane 6 launch system architect, Tina, as she shows us a day in her life. Tina has worked on space transport systems for 20 years now, first on the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), then on the Ariane 5 Mid-life Evolution development and now on Europe's newest launcher Ariane 6. How did she become a rocket scientist? "I was lucky enough to spend some months in French Guiana as a student for an internship and working there got me hooked – I was de

The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off for the last time on 6 July from the European Space Agency's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, leaving behind it a stellar track record.https://rfi.my/9lg1.f | RFI English