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

The Epsilon S rocket was supposed to launch early next year, but the recent blast will likely delay its debut by several ...

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

A second failure in a row raises concern about the progress of the Epsilon S rocket, whose debut is expected next year.

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

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated ...

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

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

The engine of Japan's flagship small rocket, the Epsilon S, blew up and burst into flames during a combustion test on Tuesday ...

A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for the country's ambitious space programme.

Japan's space agency, JAXA, faced a setback when the Epsilon S rocket engine test exploded, likely delaying its debut launch ...

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