ANJO, central Japan -- In the Japanese prefecture of Aichi, primarily an agricultural region nestled between the commercial centers of Tokyo and Osaka, a five-story workshop towers over the rice paddies. The factory, belonging to Ise Industry, produces aluminum pipes for liquid oxygen and hydrogen used to blast Japan's next-generation space rocket, the H3 Launch Vehicle, into space.
Japan's latest foray into space exploration, the H3 rocket, is expected to be relaunched this month from Tanegashima island, following a failed launch attempt in March 2023. © JAXA
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