Fire foils Japanese rocket launch

Fire foils Japanese rocket launch

Onlookers view an H-2B rocket at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on the morning of Sept. 11, 2019, after a fire prompted the cancellation of its launch. It had been due to carry the International Space Station-bound, unmanned, Kounotori8 spacecraft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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