Japan was forced to blow up and destroy its flagship space rocket minutes after it blasted off yesterday, after one of its engine ignitions failed to properly operate.
(CTN NEWS) - TOKYO - Because the ignition for the second stage of the nation's first new rocket series failed in more than two decades, Japan's space agency
Japan’s brand-new medium-lift rocket was destroyed on Tuesday after its debut flight, when the launcher’s second-stage engine did not ignite as strategically planned.
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s second attempt to launch its next-generation H3 rocket failed after liftoff yesterday, with the spacecraft forced to self-destruct after the command centre concluded the mission could not succeed. The failure is a blow for Japan’s space agency JAXA, which has billed the rocket as a flexible and cost-effective new flagship. Its […]