The rocket was ordered to self-destruct 10 minutes into the mission, resulting in the loss of all eight satellites on board. Reading time 2 minutes A Japanese rocket had to be intentionally destroyed ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's space agency said a rocket carrying eight satellites failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket ...

KIMOTSUKI, Kagoshima Prefecture--An Epsilon-6 rocket carrying eight satellites into orbit on Oct. 12 suffered a malfunction after liftoff and was ordered to self-destruct, according to the Japan ...

Ground controllers ordered the destruct command 10 minutes into the mission, once it became clear that the rocket was straying off course. Reading time 2 minutes The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was forced to push the self-destruct button on its latest Epsilon rocket launch after it deviated off course mid-flight. The Epsilon Launch Vehicle is a ...