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4 unusual facts about Ariane


Henri Martre

Martre embodies the French "high tech" colbertism; he was involved with most major aerospace and defence programmes between 1955 and 1995 (Concorde, Airbus, Ariane, etc.).

L'abandon d'Ariane

L'abandon d'Ariane Op. 98 (The Abandonment of Ariane or, in German, Die Verlassene Ariadne) is an opera in one act by Darius Milhaud to a French libretto by Henri Hoppenot, based on Greek mythology.

Toulouse – Lasbordes Airport

From the air, the airport is easily found by looking for a large upright Ariane space rocket located in Cité de l'espace (Space Museum) on the opposite side of the motorway.

Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke

Afterwards, the ERNO/VFW descendant was active as the space infrastructure division of Astrium contributing parts to the European Ariane space booster system and the International Space Station.


Ariane Brodier

After being animator on the series "Opération séduction aux Caraïbes" (an adaptation of the Harem TV show), Ariane was columnist on a talk show hosted by Elsa Fayer on Fun TV.

Then Ariane began co-presenting a new edition of "Morning Live" on Fun TV with Cyril Hanouna.

Ariane de Rothschild

Ariane de Rothschild, (born Ariane Langner in 1965 in San Salvador), is vice-president of Edmond de Rothschild Holding SA since 1999.

Ariane in Naxos

Bacchus discovering Ariane in Naxos is a painting by the Le Nain brothers, dating approximately 1630, that is part of the collection of French paintings in Orléans's Fine Arts museum.

Ariane Mnouchkine

On 26 May 2009 it was pronounced at an arrangement at the Ibsen Museum in Oslo by the leader of the committee, actress Liv Ullmann, that Ariane Mnouchkine was this year's winner of the International Ibsen Award.

Ariane Moffatt

Currently, Ariane Moffatt is a judge in the singing competition "La voix" (meaning the voice) along with Marie Mai, Jean-Pierre Ferland, and Marc Dupré.

Bow frog

The attention given to the beauty of the bow frog continued throughout centuries, particularly with the use of tortoiseshell in the 19th and first part of the 20th century, like famous "tortoiseshell-mounted Hill bow, made by Barnes in the early 1920" (Ariane Todes, The Strad, 2012), until the use of tortoiseshell was regulated by CITES.

Dovid Knut

In the early 1930s, Knut separated from his first wife, Sarra Groboys, the mother of his son Daniel, and became close to Ariadna (Ariane) Scriabine (1906–1944, known as "Régine" in the Resistance), the daughter of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin.

Fanfan la Tulipe

A colorized version was created (supervised by Sophie Juin for Les Films Ariane) and issued in 2000 on DVD in Europe alongside the original version.

Jorge Zorreguieta

However, he and his wife were invited to attend the christening of their granddaughters, the princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia and Ariane.

Rolf Stein

Among Stein's most notable students were Anne-Marie Blondeau, Ariane Macdonald-Spanien, Samten Karmay, Yamaguchi Zuiho, and Yoshiro Imaeda.

Spacebus

Several variants have been built: the early Spacebus 100 and Spacebus 300; followed by the Spacebus 2000, optimised for launch on the Ariane 4 carrier rocket; and the subsequent modular Spacebus 3000 and 4000 series, designed for use with the Ariane 5 rocket.

The Loves of Ariane

The Loves of Ariane is a 1931 British-German drama film directed by Paul Czinner starring Elisabeth Bergner, Charles Carson and Percy Marmont.

What a Piece of Work I Am

In one sequence, Leroy's grandfather, with Ariane's help, comforts his dying wife by pretending their home is a ship making the journey to the tropical destination of Rarotonga.


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