Europe's space sector is popping some long-awaited champagne: it has a new baby that is ready to take its first steps.

The new Ariane 6 rocket will close a dark chapter in European space history when the region had no workhorse launcher and no independent access to space. 

What's Ariane 6 like? What's new about it? What space adventures await? Marta and David travel to the European space station in French Guiana to tell us all about it.

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