In this photo provided by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), smoke billows during a combustion test of an engine for new small Japanese rocket Epsilon S at Tanegashima Space Center, in ...

"We can learn from failure. We will take advantage of this opportunity to develop a more reliable rocket." A test of an engine for Japan's upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Tuesday ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has stopped an engine combustion test of the Epsilon S rocket after an explosion at a ...

The engine for a flagship new small Japanese rocket has burst into flames during a combustion test, but there was no injury or damage to the outside, officials said TOKYO -- The engine for a new ...

There were no injuries, Kyodo reported, citing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which is investigating. Last year's explosion happened after a piece of metal melted and damaged part of the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The engine for a new flagship small Japanese rocket burst into flames Tuesday during a combustion test, causing no injury or damage to the outside but destroying the engine and ...

Kyodo said. The Epsilon S rocket is meant to improve Japan's position in the growing satellite launch market.

A test of an engine for Japan's upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Tuesday (Nov. 26), the second time in less than two years that this engine has met an untimely end during testing.

26, prompting Japan's military to scramble fighter jets and warn the plane. Chief Cabinet Secretary ... moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the ...