{"id":53193,"date":"2023-03-07T19:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2023\/mar\/07\/japans-next-generation-h3-rocket-self-destructs-after-liftoff-due-to-engine-failure-video"},"modified":"2023-03-07T19:49:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:49:35","slug":"japans-next-generation-h3-rocket-self-destructs-after-liftoff-due-to-engine-failure-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=53193","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s next-generation H3 rocket self-destructs after liftoff due to engine failure \u2013 video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s H3 rocket, branded a possible competitor to SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9, self-destructed after liftoff when its second-stage engine apparently failed. It is the second H3 failure for Japan&#8217;s space agency, Jaxa, after the rocket failed to leave the launchpad in a previous attempt in February. Footage taken from Jaxa&#8217;s livestream shows Tuesday&#8217;s launch from the Tanegashima space centre in south-western Japan. The launch initially appeared to be a success, with the rocket lifting off and the first-stage separation appearing to go as planned. Moments later, the livestream was paused before operators announced they had ordered the rocket to self-destruct.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/mar\/07\/japan-h3-rocket-fails-after-liftoff-self-destruct\">Japan\u2019s H3 rocket fails after liftoff in second mission attempt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2023\/mar\/07\/japans-next-generation-h3-rocket-self-destructs-after-liftoff-due-to-engine-failure-video\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s H3 rocket, branded a possible competitor to SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9, self-destructed after liftoff when its second-stage engine apparently failed. It is the second H3 failure for Japan&#8217;s space agency, Jaxa, after the rocket failed to leave the launch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88,297,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","category-space","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53210,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53193\/revisions\/53210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}