ARIANE 5 ENGINE INVIGORATES GERMAN ROCKET PROPULSION

Photograph: Ariane 5 upper stage is the first large German operational rocket system since the V-2. Large silver tanks hold propellant. Germany will begin final qualification ground firings in April of its new, 6,000-lb.-thrust upper stage for the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 heavy booster. The...

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