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

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

There were no injuries, Kyodo reported, citing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which is investigating. Last year's ...

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 ...

Police received an emergency call shortly after 9 a.m. from a nearby resident reporting that she heard “a loud noise and saw smoke” rising from the Noshiro Rocket Testing Center. JAXA said ...

A test of a rocket engine at the UK’s SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland took a dramatic turn when an explosion occurred during a ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a defense communication satellite aboard H3 rocket No. 4 on Monday — its fifth try — after four earlier launch dates were ...

"The development of flagship rockets is extremely important for the independence of Japan's space development program." But the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that JAXA's plan to launch the ...

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 ...

JAXA has investigated the extent of illegal access while shutting down the affected networks and verifying that they did not contain classified information about operations of rockets and ...

“Development of flagship rockets such as Epsilon S is extremely important from the perspective of ensuring autonomy of Japan’s space development,” Hayashi told reporters. “JAXA will ...