On July 30, 2025 at the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland, Gilmour Space Technologies' Eris rocket crashed just 14 seconds after launch. Back in 1971, Australia seemed like it was on the ...

A bid to launch Australia's first home-grown rocket into orbit has been delayed for the second time this week, with the company behind the venture set to undertake a "full investigation". Gold ...

Australia's ambitious bid to launch its first domestically built orbital rocket ended in failure on Wednesday, as the Eris vehicle crashed just 14 seconds after lift-off. Developed by Gilmour Space ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The first Australian -made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country’s soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday. The rocket Eris, launched by Gilmour ...

In 1967, the U.S. donated the Sparta rocket to Australia, and it succeeded in launching Australia's first orbital satellite. Its second was launched in 1971 using the British Black Arrow rocket. Since ...

The Gilmour-built rocket will one day symbolize success, securing Australia as a competitive space power. The race for space is on (again). This time, there are far more players than in the previous ...

We'll have to wait a bit longer for the first-ever launch of an Australian orbital rocket. Queensland-based company Gilmour Space had aimed to debut its Eris rocket today (May 15), but a problem with ...

The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country’s soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday. The rocket Eris, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, was the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first ...