The engine of Japan's flagship small rocket, the Epsilon S, blew up and burst into flames during a combustion test on Tuesday ...

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

A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the ...

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

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

Japan's space agency, JAXA, aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket after a large fire broke out at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tuesday. "There was an abnormality during today's combustion ...

The incident occurred just 49 seconds after ignition during a combustion test of the rocket's second-stage motor.

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 after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut launch beyond the ...

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

Japan's space agency, JAXA, aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket after a fire broke out at the Tanegashima Space ...

A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for the country's ambitious space programme.