But the heat of competition was quickly replaced with a less enjoyable kind of heat, as Japan's most intense wave of high ...

Japan's experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday as the country seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space ...

A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday in a test mission for technology that could help protect the planet from space rocks. The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 was due to ...

Japan's space agency conducts first test flight for experimental reusable rocket - Japan has conducted a first test flight for its reusable rocket ...