Is there a new pope? We’re always told that rocket science is the hardest form of science out there and a raft of explosions on the launch pad in recent months makes me inclined to agree.

However, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has recently completed a successful test of a different type of rocket, known as a rotating detonation engine. The engine relies on an ...

But so far there’s been a crucial element missing from Japan’s commercial space aspirations, an orbital booster rocket. While the country has state-funded launch vehicles such as the H-IIA and ...

The company suspended the small rocket's flight some 10 minutes after launch from Space Port Kii in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, and purposefully detonated the craft. No private Japanese ...

TOKYO, March 13. /TASS/. The launch of the first commercial Japanese rocket, carried out by Space One, was a failure. The rocket exploded several seconds after the launch. The rocket fragments ...

TOKYO, December 18. /TASS/. Japan’s privately owned Space One company launched its Kairos-2 rocket with five satellites, according to an online broadcast. It became the first rocket, whose ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Sunday launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own. The H3 rocket ...

TOKYO (AFP): Japan's space agency has said its plan to launch a solid-fuel rocket by the end of March is now impossible, after a recent engine test resulted in a large fire. Towering flames and ...

Japan's Okinawa prefecture ... kilometers west of Ocheon Island in the Yellow Sea, on the western side of the Korean Peninsula. Possible N. Korea rocket fragment. Japanese authorities responded ...

Japan’s space agency successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own. The H3 rocket ...