Tuesday’s failure comes just over a year after the explosion ... The triple-stage, 27-meter (88-foot) -long Epsilon S rocket is meant to improve Japan’s position in the growing satellite ...

The successful launch of Japan’s new flagship H-3 rocket on Feb. 17 has opened a new ... universities and private-sector companies over the next 10 years. Earlier this month, the government ...

The Epsilon rocket, jointly developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and IHI Aerospace, also lacks a clear operational outlook. Although the investigation into the cause of the ...

A Japanese-led venture called Space Walker aims to build Japan’s first private spaceplane, the Eco Rocket. The company was present at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 ...

Japan says the self-destruct orders for the H3 rocket were a regrettable development ... Josh Hawkins has been writing for over a decade, covering science, gaming, and tech culture.

Japan was forced to blow up its new rocket during a failed launch on Tuesday, setting back efforts to crack a market led by Elon Musk's Space X. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says the H3 ...

TOKYO — Japan launched a defense satellite Monday aimed at speedier military operations and communication on a new flagship H3 rocket and successfully placed it into orbit, as the country seeks ...

A Japanese space startup is buying US-made rocket engines for use with its small, reusable launch vehicles in a bid to bridge the gap between the country’s large-scale satellite production and ...

Korea rocket fragment. Japanese authorities responded to ... There were concerns the projectile could fly over an area close to the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, which prompted ...

Japan’s H-2A rocket is set for its second-to-last mission on Thursday, Sept. 26, launching a secret spy satellite named IGS-Radar 8 from Tanegashima Space Center at 1:24 a.m. EDT (0524 GMT ...