AKITA--A small Epsilon S rocket engine exploded during a test in a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency testing center in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, on July 14, breaking the morning quiet and sending up ...

Japan's space agency has halted an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, after a fire broke out at the test site, 16 months after another failed engine test ...

The rumble you will hear today, Monday, January 5 2026 is the sound of rocket engine hotfire testing. Hotfire testing — a ...