A $5 nut doomed SpaceX’s first rocket; its satellite crashed through a shed roof and landed beside its own shipping crate

In March 2006, SpaceXs first rocket failed because of a $5 aluminium nut that cracked from corrosion. The cadet-built ...
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Japan’s H3 rocket suffers engine failure, loses satellite mission

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has suffered a fresh setback, with an engine failure in its upper stage cutting short a high‑stakes mission and leaving a navigation satellite stranded short of orbit. The ...
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H3 rocket suffers upper stage anomaly, fails to correctly deploy navigation satellite

An H3 rocket from Mitsubishi Heavy Technologies and JAXA lifts off with the QZS-5 navigation satellite. The rocket suffered a second stage anomaly that prevented a successful deployment at the correct ...
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Launch of H3 rocket a success, six months following failure

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket blasted off from Kagoshima Prefecture on June 12, placed artificial satellites into their planned orbits and helped to quickly restore confidence in the nation’s space ...

Japan's failed H3 rocket debut is history as Mars moon mission starts five-year quest for 10 grams

Japan has begun a five-year bid to pull off a world first: bringing rock and dust back from Mars' moon Phobos, in the hope ...

H3 Rocket Flight 10 Launches Successfully! Japan's MMX Probe Begins Its Journey to Mars

AM.Japan's H3 Rocket Flight 10 was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.The rocket's exhaust ...