17. Credit: Space One webcast WASHINGTON — The second flight of a Japanese small launch vehicle failed when the vehicle lost control a couple minutes after its Dec. 17 liftoff. The Kairos rocket ...

TOKYO, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One terminated the flight of its Kairos small rocket shortly after liftoff on Wednesday, marking the end of its second attempt in nine months to become the ...

Japan's Space One terminated the flight of its Kairos small rocket shortly after liftoff on Wednesday, marking the end of its second attempt in nine months to become the country's first company to ...

Space One said it hopes to launch a third Kairos rocket as soon as possible but did not give specific dates. Spectators, gathered near the company's coastal Spaceport Kii launch pad in Japan's ...

Space One's small rocket "Kairos (Kii-based Advanced and Instant Rocket System) No. 2 " in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama-Prefecture, Japan on Wednesday. The rocket failed for the second time to put ...

Tokyo-based Space One had initially scheduled liftoff for its Kairos rocket for 11:00 am (0200 GMT) on Saturday, but pushed the launch back 24 hours because of high wind speeds. It postponed the ...

Authorities are pushing to make Japan Asia's space transportation hub in what they hope will be an 8 trillion yen ($52 billion) space industry. The second Kairos flight, which only lasted about 10 ...

Tokyo-based Space One had initially scheduled lift-off for its Kairos rocket for 11am (10am Singapore time) on Dec 14, but pushed the launch back 24 hours because of high wind speeds. It postponed ...