Japan's space agency is monitoring a fire that broke out during an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket under ...

A second failure in a row raises concern about the progress of the Epsilon S rocket, whose debut is expected next year.

The engine for a flagship new small Japanese rocket has burst into flames during a combustion test, but there was no injury ...

Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday following a fire at the test site, a failure ...

On Tuesday, a second-stage engine designed for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) new Epsilon S rocket exploded ...

"There was an abnormality during today's combustion test. We are trying to assess what happened," the Japan Aerospace ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was forced to abort an engine test for its Epsilon S rocket today, after a fire ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the combustion test resulted in an explosion of the second-stage motor 49 seconds after the ignition, causing fire at the Tanegashima Space ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the engine test encountered a "combustion abnormality" 49 seconds after the ignition. It said there was no indication of injury or damage to the ...