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

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

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

The Epsilon S rocket was supposed to launch early next year, but the recent blast will likely delay its debut by several ...

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

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

Japan's Epsilon S rocket engine exploded for the second time during testing, raising doubts about its March 2025 debut.

Japan's another rocket engine test ended in a failure. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA) on Tuesday was testing ...

A major fire erupted Tuesday at a Japan space agency site as it tested a solid-fuel Epsilon S rocket, television footage ...

An engine being developed for use in the Epsilon S small rocket exploded Tuesday during a combustion test at a facility in ...

Large plumes of smoke billowed from the launch site at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, after a malfunction during an engine ...