Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket blasted off on its inaugural flight into space on Tuesday, lifting off from the European spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana. The European Space Agency (ESA) described the operation as a success, as Europe seeks to recover from a crisis in its launch sector, although one part of the flight did not go as planned. “Ariane 6 demonstrated a successful liftoff, launch to orbit and deployment of satellites,” ESA wrote on X. “We have now entered into a new era of spaceflight for Europe, powering us into space and allowing us to realize our ambitions on the world stage,” the …