A Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday, an official said, in the latest blow to the country's space agency. The Epsilon S - an improved version of the Epsilon rocket that failed to launch in October 2022 - blew up 'roughly 50 seconds after ignition', science and technology ministry offic
A Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday, an official said, in the latest blow to the country's space agency.
The Epsilon S - an improved version of the Epsilon rocket that failed to launch in October 2022 - blew up"roughly 50 seconds after ignition", science and technology ministry official Naoya Takegami told AFP. The testing site in the northern prefecture of Akita was engulfed in flames and a huge plume of grey smoke rose into the sky, footage from national broadcaster NHK showed.
So far there have been no reports of injuries from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency , which was investigating the cause of the explosion, Takegami said.to launch its next-generation H3 rocket failThat was Japan's first failed launch in nearly two decades, and the only one for an Epsilon rocket, a model that has flown five successful missions since its 2013 debut.
JAXA said in May that the cause of the failed launch in October was a defect in pipes that carry fuel.The country's space programme is one of the world's largest, and in October JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata flew to the International Space Station as part of
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