Since World War II, maybe. But still.
German company successfully launches rocket to space – Bavaria-based Isar Aerospace managed to launch its Spectrum rocket into orbit, 18 months after its first attempt. This is the first such launch from European soil.
A Spectrum space rocket built by German company Isar Aerospace was launched into space from the Norwegian spaceport at Andoya.
It ain’t rocket science.
That’s how SpaceX became SpaceX. Better luck next time.
Germany joins space race as Munich start-up begins rocket production – Isar Aerospace bets on boom in small satellites and aims for launch by end of 2021.
Germany will join the commercial space race on Monday as production begins on what could become the first privately built rocket developed in the country to be fired into orbit…
The first German rocket to reach outer space was a version of the V2 in 1942. It crossed the Kármán Line, where space begins 100km above the earth’s surface, but did not reach orbit.
Observing Hermann 