The continent’s imminent attempt at a commercial orbital launch could be the start of a bold new era that ends Europe’s reliance on SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the US.

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

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

The 28-metre (92-foot) tall, two-metre diameter rocket has a one-tonne carrying capacity, but was unloaded for the test flight. Spectrum's blast-off was the first of an orbital launch vehicle from the ...

Isar Aerospace is preparing to launch its Spectrum rocket from a base in Norway, which would make it the first orbital launch from continental Europe outside Russia ...

It was the first attempt to launch a rocket from the European mainland and an effort to jump start the continent's move to join the burgeoning space race. Sweden and Britain have said they intend ...

Now, the inaugural test flight for a space startup ended in disaster when the first orbital rocket launch on mainland Europe exploded seconds after takeoff. A test launch from space startup Isar ...

There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...

A German startup named Isar Aerospace will try to launch its first rocket Saturday, aiming to become the first in a wave of ...

The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast. Such strange light shows have ...

A first European orbital launch attempt was made in 2023 by billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit. It attempted to use a Boeing 747 to launch a rocket into orbit from southwest ...