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

On Sunday 1 December 2024, BepiColombo flew past the planet Mercury for the fifth time, readying itself for entering orbit ...

The engine for a flagship new small Japanese rocket has burst into flames during a combustion test, but there was no injury ...

Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating ...

The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases ...

Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

An engine hot fire test for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new Epsilon S rocket ended prematurely when the engine ...

On Sunday (Dec. 1), BepiColombo made its fifth of six flybys of Mercury. On this most recent rendezvous, the probe was 200 ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has stopped an engine combustion test of the Epsilon S rocket after an explosion at a ...

"The fact that terrestrial microbes are the Earth's best colonizers means we can never completely discount terrestrial ...

A second failure in a row raises concern about the progress of the Epsilon S rocket, whose debut is expected next year.

A new chapter in lunar exploration is unfolding, with two private space companies taking center stage in NASA's ambitious ...