Live footage from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed a huge fireball and smoke billowing from the Tanegashima Space Center. The cause of the failure is unclear. No injuries were reported.

The launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture marked the H3's fourth consecutive successful launch. The rocket carried the Michibiki No. 6 satellite into its planned orbit ...

Carrying the UAE’s KhalifaSat, the H-IIA Launch Vehicle blasts off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. Photograph courtesy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd./JAXA 4 min read In October last ...

It’s due to take off at 1:20 a.m. UTC from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The first launch last week took place on Wednesday, a Falcon 9 launched by SpaceX carrying the US Space Force ...

The rocket, 63 meters tall and 5.2 meters in diameter, blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center earlier on Tuesday following an aborted launch on February 17. The rocket was expected to ...

An H-2A rocket carrying a Japanese navigation satellite, the Michibiki No. 4, lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Oct. 10. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei waves ...

The sample return module wi... Japan launched the Michibiki 6 satellite aboard an H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center, marking the country’s first space mission of 2025. The 4,900-kilogram ...

The Hope Probe blasted off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center at 1.58am UAE time/6.58am Japanese time on Monday for a seven-month journey to the red planet, where it will orbit and send back ...

The Lunar Module separated 47 minutes after launch from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan TOKYO, September 7. /TASS/. Japan’s first lunar probe Smart Lander for Investigating ...

The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island. Everything went smoothly and the satellite successfully separated from ...