Isar Aerospace, the company behind the rocket, is still heralding the launch as a success due to the data it provided ...

The first orbital rocket launched from mainland Europe took off from Norway on Sunday - but crashed into the sea and exploded 40 seconds later. The unmanned Spectrum rocket blasted off from the ...

The Germany company's first Spectrum rocket lifted off Sunday morning (March 30) from Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway on ...

The rocket fell directly into the sea, the launchpad was not damaged, and no one was harmed when the spacecraft crashed, he added. The Andøya Spaceport could not immediately be reached for comment.

The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket ended in dramatic fashion today. Germany-based Isar Aerospace attempted to launch the first orbital rocket from European soil on Sunday morning ...

The first orbital rocket launched from mainland Europe took off from Norway on Sunday - but crashed into the sea and exploded 40 seconds later. The unmanned Spectrum rocket blasted off from the Arctic ...

Footage shows the unmanned Spectrum rocket lifting off from a Norwegian spaceport before losing control 18 seconds into flight and crashing into the sea. The launch aimed to build Europe's ...

"After the flight was terminated at T+30 seconds, the launch vehicle fell into the sea in a controlled manner." It was the first attempt to launch a rocket from the European mainland and an effort ...

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 ...

Isar Aerospace, which had said it did not expect to reach orbit with the launch, said the two-stage rocket fell into the sea, adding that “the launch pad seems to be intact”. Andoya Space ...

The rocket, called Spectrum, was airborne for only around half a minute before dramatically falling into the chilly Norwegian Sea. Isar Aerospace and other European start-ups are scrambling to ...

This was the first rocket launch from Andøya Spaceport, which opened in 2023 along the Norwegian Sea in northern Norway. The ground stations and facilities of the spaceport were built ...