Related: Space-based solar power may be one step ... The mission, part of a project called OHISAMA (Japanese for "sun"), is on track for launch in 2025. The researchers have already demonstrated ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was forced to abort an engine test for its Epsilon S rocket today, after a fire ...

On Tuesday, a second-stage engine designed for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) new Epsilon S rocket exploded ...

Engineers at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center in the southwest of the country were testing the engine for a flagship rocket, ...

The Epsilon S rocket was supposed to launch early next year, but the recent blast will likely delay its debut by several ...

But their satellite has not yet been sent to space. The Japanese project wasn’t without its challenges, either. Wood’s tendency to shrink and deform unevenly when it loses moisture required ...

Japan's space agency is monitoring a fire that broke out during an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket under ...

A high school astronomy club in central Japan fulfilled its desire to ... Yamada Masahiro, whose nickname is Space Masa, leads the project. "We do a lot of stargazing, looking at stars from ...

Japan's space agency announced on Thursday it is making ... "By simulating the space environment in a digital format, the project will create a virtual testing ground where space-related business ...

Japan's Space Agency Halts Epsilon S Rocket Engine Test After Explosion By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it ...

They include a 95-billion-yen project to create a communication ... now shoulders the heavy responsibility of making Japan a star in space business. The onus is on JAXA to achieve operating ...