TANEGASHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Japan’s space agency halted an engine combustion test of its flagship Epsilon S rocket here Nov. 26 after an apparent explosion. Live footage from the Japan ...

An H-2A rocket carrying a Japanese navigation satellite, the Michibiki No. 4, lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Oct. 10. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei waves ...