As the second stage ignition of the nation's first brand-new rocket series in more than two decades failed on Tuesday, Japan's space agency purposefully destroyed a new H3 rocket seconds into its launch.
The H3's failure was a loss for Japan's space program—and perhaps for its missile monitoring program—and a letdown for space enthusiasts who were pulling for Tuesday's retry. It came three weeks after an aborted launch due to a different issue.
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