Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

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

Japan's space agency has halted an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, after a ...

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

An engine combustion test for Japan's Epsilon S rocket was suspended after a fire erupted at the Tanegashima Space Center.

A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the ...

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

The cause of the large fire is being investigated. The incident is the latest in a string of setbacks for Japan's space ...

Two bodies were found after a fire broke out at the apartment building of Democratic Party lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi in Tokyo ...

A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the ...

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut launch beyond the ...

Engineers at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center in the southwest of the country were testing the engine for a flagship rocket, ...