Guardian: First orbital rocket launched from mainland Europe crashes after takeoff
A test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from Norway on Sunday, in what the German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test.
The Spectrum started smoking from its sides and crashed back to Earth in a powerful explosion just after its launch from from the Andøya spaceport in the Arctic. Images were broadcast live on YouTube.
The uncrewed rocket was billed as the first attempt at an orbital flight to originate from Europe, where several countries, including Sweden and Britain, have said they want a share of the growing market for commercial space missions.
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In addition to Isar Aerospace, Europe is home to Germany’s HyImpulse and Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), the French groups Latitude and MaiaSpace, and Spain’s PLD Space.
Several destinations around Europe have been marked for spaceport projects, including the British Shetland Islands, the Portuguese Azores, and Esrange in Sweden. Coastal areas near stretches of open water are considered ideal spots for launch sites, as rockets do not have to fly over heavily populated land areas.
Stuff: Love and Hate: How Jacinda Ardern polarised a nation
Her life now is a far cry from what it was eight years ago when, at age 37, she was given the ultimate hospital pass: the leadership of a party that had been infighting for years, was polling poorly and had an election to contest in just 7 weeks.
In this five-part series, senior journalist Lloyd Burr looks back at this fascinating, turbulent, and tumultuous time in New Zealand politics and investigates the dramatic rise of Ardern, her fall and how the country fell out of love with her. This is part one.
I’m thinking of this more as “biography” than “politics”.
MovieWeb: The Best British Detective Series on BritBox, Ranked
Here are the best detective series you can stream on BritBox right now.
- Agatha Christie’s Marple (2004-2013)…
- The Last Detective (2003-2007)…
- Ashes to Ashes (2008-2010)…
- The Fall (2013-2016) …
- Rosemary & Thyme (2003-2007) …
- Death in Paradise (2011-present) …
- Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018-Present) …
- New Tricks (2003-2015) …
- The Responder (2022-Present) …
- Vera (2011-2025) …
- Blue Lights (2023-present) …
- Luther (2010-2019) …
- Ludwig (2024-present) …
- River (2015) …
- Scott & Bailey (2011-2016) …
- Sherlock (2010-2017) …
- Prime Suspect (1991-2006) …
- Line of Duty (2012-2021) …
- Life on Mars (2006-2007) …
- Killing Eve (2018-2022) …
Last Updated: 30.Mar.2025 18:02 EDT
