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

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

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

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 following a fire at the test site, a failure ...

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

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.

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

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