เครื่องยนต์ “จรวดเอปซีลอน เอส” ระเบิดขณะทดสอบ ญี่ปุ่นสุดเซ็ง-ล้มเหลวบ่อย (คลิป)

เครื่องยนต์ “จรวดเอปซีลอน เอส” – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said the abnormality in combustion took place 57 seconds after ignition. The experiment on the second stage of the solid fuel rocket started at 9 a.m. on Friday at a test site in Noshiro City, which is located in northern Japan`s Akita Prefecture. /3.nhk/

เครื่องยนต์ “จรวดเอปซีลอน เอส” – The Epsilon S — an improved version of the Epsilon rocket that failed to launch in October — blew up “roughly 50 seconds after ignition”, science and technology ministry official Naoya Takegami told AFP. /Twitter/@a2cplus/

The explosion of the Epsilon S engine at the JAXA testing site in northern Japan is a further blow to the country’s space ambitions, following a series of failures earlier this year. The explosion took place about a minute into the test of the second-stage engine, the official said. /Kyodo/

Television footage showed flames shooting out the side of a testing facility before the whole small building was engulfed in flames and the roof blew off. /AFP/