Japan on Sunday successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite on its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final ...

Japan on Sunday launched a satellite monitoring greenhouse gas emissions using its longtime mainstay H-2A rocket, which made ...

It's unlikely that the first Epsilon S rocket will be able to launch by March next year as planned, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Thursday. Holding a news conference in the ...

Japan's space agency (JAXA) halted an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket after a fire broke out at the test site on Tuesday, November 26. An explosion could be heard and a blaze could be ...

A similar explosion occurred in July 2023 during a test of the Epsilon S engine at JAXA's Noshiro Rocket Testing Center, which destroyed the facility, according to The Asahi Shimbun.

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday following a fire at the test site, a failure that could push the rocket's debut launch beyond the March-end target and ...

JAXA partnered with the aerospace unit of heavy machinery maker IHI 7013.T to develop Epsilon S, the next generation in the Epsilon solid-fuel small rocket series. Shares in IHI were down as much ...

In July 2023, an Epsilon S engine test failed due to thermal damage to its ignition systems.That followed a launch failure in 2022. Jaxa’s larger flagship rocket H3, built by Mitsubishi Heavy ...

In July 2023 one engine of an Epsilon S exploded during a test around 50 seconds after ignition. That was one in a string of failures for the country's space agency JAXA, including launch attempts ...

"JAXA will thoroughly investigate and take steps." Smoke billows during a combustion test of an engine for new small Japanese rocket Epsilon S at Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima prefecture ...