French Guiana News

Join us for the first qualification flight of the Vega launch vehicle on Monday 13 February, with a launch window open from 11:00 to 12:30 CET .

The 30m-tall vehicle, first conceived in the 1990s, will launch on what is termed a qualification flight from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

The Vega rocket will blast off from French Guiana on Monday, an inaugural flight aimed at giving Europe a vehicle for scientific satellite missions, the first new rocket Europe has developed since the mid-1990s. The lift-off is scheduled for 1000 GMT from the European Space Agency's launch center in Kourou, French Guiana on the northeast coast of ... (more)

Fuel, water, oxygen, air and most of the dry cargo have been loaded into ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, as the 9 March liftoff approaches.

I can see it now. The travel crystal ball for 2012 shows amazing destinations, interesting price trends and, wait, is that Myanmar? Here's a look at where travel is headed this year - what's hot, what things will cost and must-dos for people who want to be on the cutting edge.

An Ariane 5 rocket at the European Space Agency's base in Kourou, French Guiana.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it was actively looking for a site and gas supplies for a potential gas-to-liquids plant in the United States, most likely to be built on the Gulf coast.

Final preparations are underway for the rocket's inaugural flight lofting 9 satellites as early as February 9 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Russian Federal Space Agency chief Vladimir Popovkin and press secretary Anna Vedischeva, speak after the blast off of the Russian Soyuz VS01 rocket in Sinnamary, French Guiana, October 21, 2011.

ESA's new Vega rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad. Final preparations are in full swing for the rocket's inaugural flight.

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European Space Agency launch operator Arianespace plans a busy 2012, with seven Ariane 5 heavy-lift missions and three medium-lift Soyuz flights from ESA's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, along with two Soyuz launches at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.

ESA's new Vega rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad. Final preparations are in full swing for the rocket's inaugural flight from Europe's Spaceport.

Tullow Oil has launched a scholarship scheme worth more than $6million to support 110 young scholars from nine developing countries including 50 from Ghana.

But is it all just a double bluff to make him seem less power-driven - and all the more electable? John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news.

The world is about to see Europe linked to South America in a way that has never happened before.

Town of Poughkeepsie and the Fairview Fire Department with other authorities at 112 Fairview Ave.

France: Nine people were killed and two others injured in a gang shootout at a gold-panning site in French Guiana, police commander Colonel Didier Laumont said.

Like many things, travel is subject to fashion and 2012 will see its share of trendy destinations which many will want to visit.

The world is about to see Europe linked to South America in a way that has never happened before.A A bridge will link , the last European outpost in the Americas, with Brazil the largest country in South America and now the sixth largest economy in the world.