Das Raumschiff eines europäischen Startups schaffte es in die Umlaufbahn. Jetzt ist es auf See verloren

**A European company** that seeks to develop orbital [spacecraft](https://www.wired.com/tag/spacecraft) for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step forward this week with a test flight that saw its „Mission Possible“ vehicle power up and fly successfully in orbit before making a controlled reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.

However, after encountering an „issue,“ the Exploration Company lost contact with its spacecraft a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean.

„The capsule was launched successfully, powered the payloads nominally in-orbit, stabilized itself after separation with the launcher, re-entered and re-established communication after black out,“ [the company said in a statement](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7343174810451021825/). „We are still investigating the root causes and will share more information soon. We apologize to all our clients who entrusted us with their payloads.“

Read more: [https://www.wired.com/story/exploration-company-mission-possible-spacecraft-orbit-lost/](https://www.wired.com/story/exploration-company-mission-possible-spacecraft-orbit-lost/)