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The space race to build the new Ariane 6 rocket pad in French Guiana is underway.

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On Christmas Eve 1979 the first Ariane 1 rocket took off, paving the way for a long line of European launchers

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European Space Agency's IXV wingless experimental spacecraft successfully returns to earth.

The European Space Agency’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, as its called blasted off from its launchpad in French Guiana. Its flight path was

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