Japan's space agency aborted the scheduled maiden flight test of its small reusable rocket experimental vehicle RV-X again on Monday due to a malfunction, local media reported. The Japan Aerospace ...

North Korea recently test fired an estimated 10 ballistic missiles from its upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Japan's Space One's small, solid-fueled Kairos rocket rises into the air from Space One's launching pad on the tip of ...

Japan's Space One saw its KAIROS rocket self-destruct just 69 seconds after liftoff on March 5, 2026, marking the company's third consecutive launch failure.

The third time was not the charm for Space One's Kairos rocket. Kairos launched for the third time ever on Wednesday (March 4), lifting off from Space One's Spaceport Kii in Wakayama Prefecture at ...

TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said its Kairos small rocket self-destructed 69 seconds after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely commercial satellite ...

A Japanese startup's third attempt to put a satellite in orbit failed on Thursday after its rocket spiraled back to Earth shortly after takeoff. Space One, hoping to become the first private Japanese ...

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Space One's small, solid-fueled Kairos rocket rises into the air from Space One's launching pad on the tip of Kii peninsula in Kushimoto town, Wakayama prefecture, Japan December ...