Japanese startup Space One lost another rocket today (Dec. 18) when its Kairos 2 launch vehicle failed shortly after liftoff. Space One was aiming to be the first private Japanese company to put a ...

Space One Co. identified the cause of the explosion and concluded it can resume the launch of its small rocket Kairos, Mamoru Endo, a director of the company, said Aug. 25. The second attempt will ...

after its first try ended in a midair explosion. Tokyo-based Space One had initially scheduled liftoff for its Kairos rocket for 11:00 am on Saturday, but pushed the launch back 24 hours because ...