What goes up, must come down. And over the weekend a piece of a rocket washed up on the beach on Hilton Head Island. Jerry Gentile and WTOC did some checking on the internet to try to learn more about where this rocket may have come from. According to the BBC, an Ariane 5 rocket launched from French Guiana in northern South America just three days ago. No word yet on if the debris came from that rocket. Read more
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has made its 50th flight from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted away from the launch pad at 2201 GMT, carrying two telecommunications satellites with a combined mass of almost eight tonnes. After failing on its very first mission in 1996, the Ariane 5 has developed into a highly reliable vehicle with a dominant role in the launcher market. Read more