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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's space agency has halted an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, after a fire broke out at the test site, 16 months after another failed engine test derailed Japan's small rocket development.
Japan's space agency checks fire during Epsilon S rocket engine test, NHK reports
Japan's space agency is monitoring a fire that broke out during an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket under development at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.
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Japan's space agency, JAXA, aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket after a fire broke out at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tuesday. "There was an abnormality during today's combustion test.
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