The countdown was halted at T-minus zero, just moments before Astra's two-stage, kerosene-fueled Launch Vehicle 0008, also known as Rocket 3.3, was due to blast off.
As the last Astra rolls off the production line at Opel’s plant in Gliwice in southwestern Poland on the last day of November, some fear the city will lose much of its economic bite. Can van production fill the gap?