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 ...

Europe took a significant step in its aerospace ambitions with the first test launch of German start-up Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket.

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.

Credit: Isar Aerospace Despite sharing a flight plan ... where it aims to one day build 40 rockets annually. But first, it will need to analyze flight data and complete what Metzler called a ...

Isar Aerospace CEO David Metzler says the company will analyze the data from the first launch of its Spectrum rocket and make needed design changes after the test flight was terminated about 30 sec.

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

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 ...