Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

Japan's bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket fails

(From L) Yoshifumi Inatani, deputy director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Hiroto Habu, associate professor of the institute, and University of Tokyo professor Shinichi Nakasuka attend a press conference at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 15, 2017. Japan's space agency aborted the launch of the world's smallest rocket capable of putting a satellite into orbit shortly after liftoff from the center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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