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 first-ever orbital launch attempt from European soil.

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

Isar Aerospace managed to launch its Spectrum rocket this past weekend after several aborted attempts, only for it to crash shortly after liftoff in a fiery implosion in the nearby ocean. The rocket ...

The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday. The booster's nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance from its Arctic ...

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 ...

The Spectrum rocket's first test flight lasted 30 seconds but researchers say it will still provide useful data.

A rocket by a private European aerospace company launched from Norway on Sunday and crashed into the sea 30 seconds later.

It was the largest German rocket since V-2, the Nazi-era rocket that has often been described as having launched the space age and was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. Isar ...

The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday, Ars reports. The booster's nine engines ...

Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket lost attitude control less than 30 second after liftoff and fell back to the launch site. Credit: Isar Aerospace/NASASpaceFlight.com webcast Updated 11:30 a.m ...