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Japanese rocket part came unglued, leading to mission failure

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April 15, 2026 46 views
Original source: Theregister.com
Japanese rocket part came unglued, leading to mission failure

Tiny variation in temperature weakened a component and when a critical moment arrived, that mattered Japan’s space exploration agency (JAXA) thinks a manufacturing process that didn’t properly take into account the qualities of an adhesive caused the December…