Ariane aimed high

1995-06-21T00:00:00

THE PARIS AIR SHOW landscape, is dominated by a 50m-high full-scale model of the Ariane 5, due to have its maiden flight in early 1996. The launch was delayed from 29 November, 1994 after computer-program errors delayed the final testing of the vehicle's Vulcain cryogenic first-stage engine, which was to ...

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