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 ...

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

Japan's space agency is monitoring a fire that broke out during an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket under ...

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

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday following a fire at the test site, a failure ...

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

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 ...

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

"Sometimes, a few minutes in the microgravity of space is just what a research project needs to reach the next level, often ...

Japan's space agency halted the Epsilon S rocket engine test due to a fire at the Tanegashima Space Center. The incident, ...