TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after liftoff Wednesday and destroyed itself again ...

The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace.

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new ...

The company suspended the small rocket's flight some 10 minutes after launch from Space Port Kii in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, and purposefully detonated the craft. No private Japanese ...

NASA Blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles and bright exhaust from the solid rocket boosters mark the successful ...

On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle Radar Topography ...

A rocket made by a Tokyo-based startup exploded shortly after launch in Japan. Space One is vying to become the first private company in Japan to put a satellite into orbit. Photo: Kyodonews/Zuma ...

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace snapped a stunning image of the Earth as it prepares for its journey to the moon. ispace's Resilience lander launched on Jan ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...