Nissan M-5 vehicle

The apparent first-stage nozzle failure of a Nissan M-5 vehicle on Feb. 10 after its launch from the Kagoshima Space Center resulted in the loss of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science's Astro-E X-ray observatory. The satellite separated from the launcher but appears to have burned up in...

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