TOKYO — The launch of Japan’s new workhorse H3 rocket has been postponed again as engineers continue to wrestle with engine problems first uncovered in 2020 during qualification testing. After ...

Ground controllers had to destroy the vehicle after its second stage engine failed to ignite, in what's a frustrating setback for Japan's space agency. Reading time 3 minutes Space is hard—even in ...

Japan’s H3 rocket, the country’s first new medium-lift launcher in three decades, failed to lift off on Friday because two secondary booster engines strapped to the side of the space vehicle didn’t ...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the cancellation is because the rocket has many of the same components with the H3 rocket that failed to launch in March. The 47th H-IIA rocket was ...

TOKYO, March 7 (Reuters) - Japan's new medium-lift rocket failed on its debut flight in space on Tuesday after the launcher's second-stage engine did not ignite as planned, in a blow to its efforts to ...

TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Japan on Friday aborted the launch of its first new medium-lift rocket in three decades moments before the H3 vehicle was meant to lift off after secondary booster engines ...

Japan's H3 rocket lifts off March 7 on its inaugural flight, which failed when the rocket's second stage engine failed to ignite. Credit: JAXA webcast SEOUL, South Korea — Japan’s brand-new H3 rocket ...