It aims to perform its first test flight by 2026. The Eco Rocket isn't the first time Japanese engineers have worked on a spaceplane. In the 1980s, NASDA and NAL, both now part of the Japanese space ...

The Eco Rocket isn’t the first time Japanese engineers have worked on a spaceplane. In the 1980s, NASDA and NAL, both now part of the Japanese space agency JAXA, were developing the experimental ...

A key factor in achieving this is the reusability of rocket stages, a challenge being addressed by the German-Japanese-French project CALLISTO (Cooperative Action Leading to Launcher Innovation in ...

The Eco Rocket isn't the first time Japanese engineers have worked on a spaceplane. In the 1980s, NASDA and NAL, both now part of the Japanese space agency JAXA, were developing the experimental ...

After about 15 minutes, however, JAXA sent a self-destruct signal to the rocket based on the assessment that it was unlikely to fly safely. The H-3 was unable to put the Earth-observation ...

The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials ...

TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said on Sunday it successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country ... Exploration Agency, or JAXA. Officials said it ...