The Department of Defense announced the contract as follows: Rocket Lab National Security LLC, Long Beach, California (FA8811-25-D-B007); and Stoke Space Technologies Inc., Kent, Washington ...

“Success to get off the pad, and lots of data already obtained. I am sure Isar Aerospace will learn a lot.” Aschbacher added: “Rocket launch is hard. Never give up, move forward with even ...

even though the rocket crashed into the sea off Norway 30 seconds after lift-off. Despite the short test flight, Isar Aerospace said it successfully completed the first test flight of its orbital ...

Germany-based Isar Aerospace attempted to launch the first orbital rocket from European soil on Sunday morning (March 30). The company's Spectrum rocket lifted off from Europe's Andøya Spaceport ...

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.” The flight, from a spaceport ...

The first orbital rocket to launch from continental Europe ... Once in operation, Isar is billing Spectrum as a small to medium-lift launch vehicle, capable of delivering up to 2,200 pounds ...

"We had a clean lift-off, 30 seconds of flight and even got to validate our Flight Termination System," said Daniel Metzler, CEO and Co-founder of Isar Aerospace. The uncrewed Spectrum rocket was ...

Picture: Wingmen Media / AP) “We had a clean lift-off, 30 seconds of flight and even got to validate our Flight Termination System”, he continued. Isar had warned that the rocket was unlikely ...