German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from the Andøya spaceport on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET for its first ...

Spectrum lifted off from Norway’s picturesque Andøya Spaceport and cleared the launch pad. But after about 30 seconds, the ...

Other European launch companies likely to be in the mix include PLD Space of Spain, Skyrora from the United Kingdom, and ...

The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, in a closely watched test ...

The near-term plan for the European Launcher Challenge is for ESA to select companies for service contracts to transport ESA ...

Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum, a two-stage orbital launch vehicle, will be the first privately built rocket to lift off from ...

The uncrewed Spectrum rocket was billed as the first attempt at an orbital flight to originate from Europe. Read more at ...

Before this launch on Sunday, Isar Space had stated that it had little hope of reaching orbit on its first attempt.

ESA has officially kicked off a competition to support new launch vehicles, but the winners, if any, won’t be known for at ...

The cancelled maiden voyage for the German rocket would be the first private rocket launch in European history.

BERLIN -- A private European aerospace company is set to make the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle from Norway ...

Ariane vehicles are built by a consortium of European companies led by Arianespace and backed primarily by the French government. But they are expensive, nonreusable, and typically launch from the ...