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 ...

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

The fire, which was followed by an explosion and plumes of white smoke, followed an explosion last year by the same Epsilon S ...

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

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

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

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

Japan's another rocket engine test ended in a failure. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA) on Tuesday was testing ...

A massive fire broke out during a Japanese rocket test on Tuesday, adding to a series of setbacks for Japan’s space program.