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

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

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

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

A fire broke out on Tuesday during a combustion test of the solid-fuel small rocket Epsilon S at Japan's Tanegashima Space ...

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire on Monday.

Japan's space agency JAXA aborted an Epsilon S rocket engine test after a fire occurred at the Tanegashima Space Center. This ...

There were no reports of injuries in the incident, in a remote area of Kagoshima in southern Japan, where a solid-fuel Epsilon S rocket was being tested.

The incident is the latest in a string of setbacks for Japan's space program.

TOKYO -- A fire broke out on Tuesday during a combustion test of the solid-fuel small rocket Epsilon S at Japan's Tanegashima ...

Tokyo, Japan - October 23, 2024 Ayu Yoneda and Makoto Suwa, newly approved Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronauts, pose for a photo at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2024.

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.