Japanese startup's rocket launch fails in 3rd attempt as flight aborted

A Japanese startup aborted the flight of its rocket Thursday just over a minute after launch from a space complex in western Japan, the company said, marking another setback after two previous failed attempts.Space One Co.'s Kairos No. 3, an 18-meter, 23-ton solid-fuel rocket, flew for 68.8 seconds, reaching an altitude of about 29 kilometers after lifting off at 11 a.m. from the privately run Space Port Kii in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on the Pacific coast, the company said.At a press conference, a Space One official pointed to the possibility of a problem related to the autonomous f…READ FULL ARTICLE