Honda has set its sights higher than just producing reliable cars. The Japanese brand is developing rockets and has completed ...

Japan's primary rocket builder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is another titan of Japanese industry, but it has never launched more than six space missions in a single year. MHI's newest rocket, the H3 ...

Watch this amazing footage of Honda conducting a launch and landing test of an experimental reusable rocket. Credit: Honda R&D Co., Ltd., a research and development subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda wasn't looking to get this experimental rocket into space, as the initial test was all about take offs and landings, going just 889 feet up at its maximum altitude.

According to Honda, the team launched their rocket from their facility in Taiki Town of the Hokkaido Prefecture, with the company able to achieve a total flight duration of 56.6 seconds.

Honda successfully launched and landed its experimental reusable rocket at its facility in Japan, the company said in a surprise announcement Tuesday. The rocket reached an altitude of 271.4 meters… ...

Honda R&D Co., Ltd., a research and development subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., made the announcement Tuesday, saying the rocket reached an altitude of nearly 300 meters, with a flight ...

Honda is not very open when it comes to the technology that powers the rocket and its specs, but it did share the details of the test flight that took place at its facility in Taiki Town in Japan ...

Honda’s rocket initiative will put the 73-year-old automaker in a tough race against billionaire and SPAC-backed companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Orbit and Rocket Lab.

Honda revealed that they've already performed the test fire in a Zoom call with select media members last Oct. 28. In it, they shared a short video of the reusable rocket performing a combustion test.

Honda has successfully launched and landed a reusable rocket, reaching nearly 300 meters in altitude during a 56.6-second test flight. The company began pursuing space technology in 2021, using ...