But within moments of its launch, the craft begins to smoke from its sides and plummet back towards the ground. Rocket "Spectrum" lifts off for a test flight at Andoya Spaceport. Picture ...

The explosion occurred during an attempt to kickstart Europe’s entry into the competitive commercial satellite launch market ... X shows the Spectrum rocket emitting smoke from its sides ...

Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier ...

The south Beirut airstrike was heard across the Lebanese capital and produced a large column of black smoke ... for the rocket fire. The Lebanese army said it was able to locate the launch ...

An already fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be on shaky ground Friday ...

The first-stage booster landed safely back at the launch pad shortly ... in explosion The rocket reached nearly 150 kilometres in altitude before it ran into trouble. Ground crews lost ...

Germany-based Isar Aerospace attempted to launch the first orbital rocket from European soil on Sunday morning (March 30).

Dramatic video from the launch shows the rocket tumbling just seconds into flight before plummeting to the icy ground below and exploding in a brilliant fireball. Video of Isar Aerospace Spectrum ...

A European rocket plummeted back to Earth just seconds into its flight, after smoke began billowing from its sides. Footage ...