The H3 failed during its debut launch in March 2023 but bounced back with five consecutive successes — until Sunday night.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, says the eighth launch of the H3 rocket has ended in failure due to a problem with the second stage engine.

The H3 rocket launched on Sunday at 8:51 p.m. ET from the Tanegashima Space Center, located on a southwestern Japanese island. The rocket’s second-stage engine burn failed to ignite on time, resulting ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit was aborted minutes after liftoff Wednesday and was destroyed, nine months after the company ...

A Japanese space startup announced that its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit was aborted just minutes after liftoff on Wednesday. The rocket self-destructed, marking ...

Japan will launch a new navigation satellite to orbit tonight (Dec. 16), and you can watch the action live. An H3 rocket is scheduled to launch the Michibiki 5 spacecraft from Tanegashima Space Center ...

This image made from video shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H2A rocket in Tobishima, Japan, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo) This image made from video shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H2A rocket in ...

Japan's space agency says its H3 rocket has failed to place a navigation satellite into orbit. This marks a setback for the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Space One terminated the flight of its Kairos small rocket shortly after liftoff on Wednesday, marking the end of its second attempt in nine months to become the country's ...

The H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:51 p.m. EST Sunday night in Japan carrying the Michibiki 5 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Taiwanese private rocket company TiSpace terminated the flight of one of its rockets shortly after lift-off in northern Japan on Saturday, failing to become the first foreign company ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Sunday successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite on its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship model designed ...