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ALBAWABA - Japan's space agency, JAXA, announced that the H3 rocket blasted off successfully on its second attempt.Teaming up with Mitsubishi, JAXA shar

Japan's space agency on Tuesday postponed the launch of its next-generation rocket planned for this week due to expected bad weather, after two previous attempts ended in failure."As the weather that day is expected to worsen, we decided to postpone the launch," the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said, adding that a new date would be announced "once a decision is made".

Japans brand-new rocket was launched on Monday, and shortly after liftoff, officials said that they had to issue self-destruct commands.

The H3 rocket with a white head blasted off and soared into the blue sky from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan as fans and local residents cheered. -- aaa

JAXA said it has had to destroy its new medium-lift H3 rocket that it launched toward space on Tuesday. The ...

Upon reaching space, the rocket's second-stage engine failed to ignite

Japans new H3 rocket fails again, forced to self-destruct

The H3 Rocket is designed to replace JAXA’s current workhorse, the H-IIA rocket. It has been in development by JAXA and its commercial partner, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, for more than a decade.

The Japanese space agency's (JAXA's) new H3 launch vehicle's second-stage engine failed to ignite shortly after launch.

The failure of Japan’s new rocket series, already long delayed, was a setback for the country’s space program.