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Renovation work on the Space Museum is in full swing at Europe’s spaceport.

Here’s an overview of the major events that lie ahead.

On its second transatlantic voyage to Kourou last November, the Canopée ship carried Europe's spaceport's fourth payload container (CCU4), which should be operational by mid-2024 after completing a qualification phase.

The first meeting of the advisory board for stakeholders of Europe’s spaceport was held on Wednesday 29 November 2023.

Following the new status report published by the French space agency and ESA a week after the successful combined tests on 23 November, the maiden flight of the Ariane 6 launcher is scheduled to take place between mid-June and the end of July 2024.

After four years in the service of Europe’s spaceport, Marie-Anne Clair is handing over the reins to Philippe Lier, who will become the new Director on 1 December 2023.

After docking for the first time last January, the cargo ship Canopée dropped anchor again at Kourou on Friday, 3 November.

On 23 November 2023, teams from CNES, ArianeGroup and ESA successfully completed the long-duration hot-fire test of Ariane 6’s main stage on its launch pad at Europe’s spaceport.

The AIBSI project, led by the University of French Guiana and supported by the French space agency, was officially launched this week.

On Saturday, 14 October 2023, at the heart of the Space Festival at Europe’s spaceport, an annular solar eclipse1 occurred in French Guiana.

On 6 and 7 November, the Space Summit was held in Seville, Spain, attended by 22 ESA Member States, who came to a number of agreements on the future of Europe in space. An overview of the agreements relating to Europe’s spaceport.

OFB’s experts and their specialist colleagues are closely analysing the exceptional wildlife of this unique area in French Guiana. Update on ten years of research.