Japan forced to blow up own space rocket during launch

Japan was forced to blow up and destroy its flagship space rocket minutes after it blasted off on Tuesday, after one of its engine ignitions failed to properly operate. The embarrassing and costly action occurred during the debut launch of the country’s new heavy-lift H3 rocket, which took off from the Tanegashima Space Center and hurtled toward the Pacific Ocean moments later. The same rocket had an aborted launch last month. The incident strikes another blow to Japan’s efforts to become a competitive global space power.

tips

blow up：炸毁（blow 打击，风吹，殴打；a strom was blowing up 狂风大作）

flagship：旗舰（flag 标记，旗帜；ship 船，-ship 表示某种关系，状态，技能，如 leadership 领导力）

blaste：一阵风，爆炸 💥，枯萎 🥀；vt. 炸，使枯萎（词源童 blow）

blast off：发射

ignition：点火发射（和 launch，blast off 属于同意替换）

embarrass：使困惑，使陷入麻烦

debut：首次登场

take off：发射，起飞

hurtle：猛冲，碰撞，突进