Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...

Japanese startup Space One lost another rocket today (Dec. 18) when its Kairos 2 launch vehicle failed shortly after liftoff. Space One was aiming to be the first private Japanese company to put a ...

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has suffered a fresh setback, with an engine failure in its upper stage cutting short a high‑stakes mission and leaving a navigation satellite stranded short of orbit. The ...

As a result of the failure, Japan's private sector has yet to independently place a satellite in Earth orbit. Reading time 2 minutes A Japanese startup’s second attempt to launch its solid-fuel rocket ...

Japan’s private rocket company Space One watched its Kairos vehicle fail for the third consecutive time on March 5, 2026, after the rocket launched from a coastal site in the Wakayama region of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The second stage of a ...

Preparations for launch of the sixth Kinetica-1 rocket in December 2024 at Jiuquan spaceport. HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial Kinetica-1 solid rocket failed late Thursday, with the launch attempt ...

Welcome to Edition 7.02 of the Rocket Report! The highlight of this week was the hugely successful debut of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket. They will address the upper stage issue, I am sure. Given Europe’s ...

HELSINKI — Chinese commercial rocket outfit iSpace suffered a launch failure late Wednesday in a fresh setback for the company. The four-stage Hyperbola-1 solid rocket lifted off from Jiuquan ...