JAXA's prototype reusable rocket successfully completes its first launch and landing test, advancing Japan's space technology ...

Liftoff occurred on Thursday (June 11), just before 8:54 p.m. EDT (0054 GMT), from the Tanegashima Space Center on the ...

Japan has succeeded in the first-ever flight test of its RV-X experimental reusable rocket prototype.

TOKYO — Japan's experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday as the country seeks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan successfully launched an H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, on June 12, 2026.The ...

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket blasted off from Kagoshima Prefecture on June 12, placed artificial satellites into their planned orbits and helped to quickly restore confidence in the nation’s space ...

Japan's space agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), successfully conducted the maiden flight test of its exp ...

TOKYO — Japan’s H3 rocket returned to flight Friday with the debut of a new low-cost variant, a badly needed success for the country’s new flagship rocket that has struggled with mission failures ...

The prototype, launched from JAXA’s test site in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, reached a height of about 10 meters, and then ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan successfully launched an H3 rocket powered only by liquid-fuel engines for the first time on Friday, news agency Kyodo ...

Japan's space agency conducted a successful test of its prototype reusable rocket. The rocket reached a height of ten meters ...