Fire foils Japanese rocket launch

Fire foils Japanese rocket launch

Firefighters tackle a blaze at the rocket launch pad of Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of Sept. 11, 2019. The fire prompted the cancellation of the launch of an H-2B rocket carrying the unmanned Kounotori8 spacecraft, scheduled to fly to the International Space Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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