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Japan firm plans to take on SpaceX with winged reusable ‘rocket’ spaceplane
Japanese startup Space Walker aims to make space transportation as "accessible as commercial air travel today." ...
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Explosion rocks JAXA facility during small rocket engine test
Police received an emergency call shortly after 9 a.m. from a nearby resident reporting that she heard “a loud noise and saw smoke” rising from the Noshiro Rocket Testing Center. JAXA said ...
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JAXA’s launch of its Epsilon-6 rocket ends in failure
The solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m., JAXA said. About 10 minutes after the launch, however, JAXA officials ...
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Spaceport setback: ‘Anomaly’ causes VTOL rocket blast, puts UK dreams on hold
A test of a rocket engine at the UK’s SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland took a dramatic turn when an explosion occurred during a ...
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Japan's space agency aborts Epsilon S rocket test after fire
"The development of flagship rockets is extremely important for the independence of Japan's space development program." But the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that JAXA's plan to launch the ...