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Elon Musk’s SpaceX continues to dominate the space industry with dozens of launches each year, but it could soon have some serious competition with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launching its rival New Gle...
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The company said 30 seconds of flight was enough time to register data.
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“As a company with European roots, we are proud to have shown that Europe has an enduring capacity for bold thinking and grand achievements,” Daniel Metzler, the company’s CEO and co-founder, said in...

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The space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launches
Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its New Shepard as part of an all-woman mission on April 14th.
European Space Agency launches competition to find its next commercial rocket by 2028
Other European launch companies likely to be in the mix include PLD Space of Spain, Skyrora from the United Kingdom, and Germany's Isar Aerospace, whose first Spectrum rocket currently sits on the pad at Norway's Andøya Spaceport with a launch attempt planned for March 28.
Two rocket makers take step toward Space Force launches
Rocket Lab and Stoke Space receive $5 million apiece to prep their launch vehicles for government inspections.
Rocket crashes back to Earth just moments after launch in Norway
The Spectrum rocket's first test flight lasted 30 seconds but researchers say it will still provide useful data.
The first flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket lasted just 40 seconds
If officials at Isar Aerospace were able to pick the outcome of their first test flight, it wouldn't be this. However, the result has precedent. The first launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket in 2006 ended in similar fashion.
Orbital rocket launches from Western Europe for first time
German startup Isar Aerospace has successfully launched its Spectrum rocket from Norway, boosting Europe’s independent access to space.
Orbital rocket crashes seconds after take-off in rare European spaceport launch
A German start-up’s orbital rocket spun out and crashed seconds after take-off Sunday, in a rare European test flight that the makers said “met its set goals.”
Orbital Rocket Crashes After First Launch From Continental Europe
The rocket, developed by Isar Aerospace, lifted off from Norway’s Andøya Space Center and crashed about 30 seconds later. The test flight was part of efforts to make Europe a center for private satellite launches.
Rocket carrying European orbital vehicle crashes after seconds after takeoff
The unmanned Spectrum rocket, an orbital rocket developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace, crashed and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff.
Stoke Space and Rocket Lab join Space Force’s national security launch program
The U.S. Space Force added Stoke Space and Rocket Lab USA to the list of providers for a $5.6 billion round of national security launches.
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This Futuristic Fusion Rocket Could Slash Interplanetary Travel Time—And It’s Almost Ready
A secretive UK-based startup has just pulled back the curtain on a futuristic space propulsion project that sounds like something straight out of science fiction. Pulsar Fusion, a company working quietly behind the scenes for over a decade,
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A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Nuclear rockets are the future of space propulsion, and while fission propulsion is rapidly developing, most believe fusion propulsion is still a ways off. However, a new U.K.-based company is ...
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Rocket Report: Stoke is stoked; sovereignty is the buzzword in Europe
Welcome to Edition 7.37 of the Rocket Report! It's been interesting to watch how quickly European officials have embraced ensuring they have a space launch capability independent of other countries.
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Watch 1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil early on March 30
Even before Spectrum's first test launch, Isar has already secured a launch contract to fly the new rocket's first commercial missions. The company announced a deal with the Norwegian Space Agency ...
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Eric Schmidt Joins Relativity Space, a Rocket Start-Up, as C.E.O.
The former Google chief executive is taking a controlling interest in Relativity Space, which aims to build low-cost, reusable rockets to compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and to reach Mars.
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Rocket Lab Challenges SpaceX for Pentagon Billions in High-Stakes Space Race
Rocket Lab, a growing competitor to SpaceX, has been selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for high-priority national security satellite launches. Rocket Lab Joins The Race For National Security Launches The company was chosen as part of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program,
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