Australia’s first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff "I thought best case was maybe 40 seconds of flight time, but I'll take 14 as a win." Gilmour Space's Eris rocket lifts off from Bowen Orbital Spaceport in Austraia. Credit: Gilmour Space Back-to-back engine failures doomed a privately developed Australian rocket moments after liftoff Tuesday, cutting short a long-shot attempt to reach orbit with the country's first homegrown launch vehicle. The 82-foot-tall (25-meter) Eris roc...