Swedish rocket crashed on Norway’s shores1 min read

In a rare spat between Norway and Sweden, the Norwegian foreign ministry has expressed irritation with Sweden for not immediately informing it of a research rocket launched early Monday from the ‘Esrange Space Centre’ in Kiruna (northern Sweden) that plunged into a mountainside in the Målselv municipality (Norway’s far north), about 10km from the closest inhabited area. No injures and no material damage were reported. Maxus is a sounding rocket used in the MAXUS microgravity rocket programme, a joint venture between Swedish Space Corporation and EADS Astrium Space Transportation used by ESA. Launched from Esrange Space Center in Sweden, it provides access to microgravity for up to 14 minutes.

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