In the latest blow to Japans space agency, a rocket engine on Friday exploded during testing, official sources confirmed. No injuries have been reported in the incident.The command was sent at 9.57 am after the Epsilon-6 rocket lifted off from Uchinoura Space Center near the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu around 9.50 am on Friday, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.According to the information, the incident happened just after a minute the ground test for the second-stage engine began. However, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Noshiro Testing Centre in Akita Prefecture is developing the Epsilon S as the successor to the current Epsilon series.As per data, the first rocket in the series blasted off back in 2013 and 5 successful launches of five models before an Epsilon-6 was ordered to self-destruct in 2022 after it deviated from its intended trajectory. The failure led the agency to postpone the launch of the Epsilon S from 2023 to 2024 as it uses the same fuel tank as the Epsilon-6.
