Startup-ul german Isar Aerospace a lansat sâmbătă prima sa rachetă în spațiu de la o bază din zona arctică a Norvegiei, aducând Europa mai aproape de

Five satellites ride a German startup rocket from Arctic Norway as Europe pushes for homegrown launch capability.

It was Isar's second launch, coming 18 months after the company's first rocket plunged to the ground and exploded in a fiery spectacle shortly after takeoff from the same site.