Ariane 1
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Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed for and operated by the European Space Agency, which had been formed in 1973, the same year that devel
Ariane 1 mock-up at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, Greater Paris
Ariane 6 on pad
Giotto (spacecraft)
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Giotto is a European robotic spacecraft mission from the European Space Agency. The spacecraft flew by and studied Halley's Comet and in doing so became the first spacecraft to make close up observati
Ariane 1
…a result of the commercial success, after the tenth Ariane mission was flown, the ESA transferred responsibility for Ariane over to Arianespace. The Giotto mission's spaceprobe was successfully launched on the tenth Ariane 1 mission, V-14, on 2 July 1985. The first SPOT satellite was put into orbit by the eleventh…
An artist's impression of Giotto.
An image of the Giotto spacecraft during construction
Comet Halley at Giotto spacecraft's closest approach
Pluto in True Color High Res