By Kantaro Komiya 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 ...

The third launch of a small launch vehicle developed by a Japanese company failed shortly after liftoff March 4, raising ...

Kairos failed on Wednesday (March 4), as it did on its first two launches. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

Japan’s private rocket company Space One watched its Kairos vehicle fail for the third consecutive time on March 5, 2026, after the rocket launched from a coastal site in the Wakayama region of ...

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.

The start-up has so far had three failed launches in its attempt to become the first Japanese private entity to put a ...

Japan's privately developed Kairos No. 3 rocket failed shortly after liftoff on March 5, forcing operators to terminate the mission. The launch, conducted by Tokyo-based company Space One in western ...

A Japanese startup aborted the flight of its rocket Thursday just over a minute after launch from a space complex in wester ...

A startup's third attempt to put a satellite in orbit failed after its rocket spiralled back to Earth shortly after take-off.

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

On the Feb 12, 2026 USSF-87 launch, one of Vulcan’s four Northrop Grumman GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters (SRBs) suffered a nozzle burn-through (visible fiery ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first Australian -made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country’s soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday. The rocket Eris, launched by Gilmour ...