Southern Japan has been battered by heavy rain and bad weather for weeks. Courtesy: Yoshiaki Sakita
Mission staff monitor the weather over southern Japan before the launch of Hope probe was postponed because of wet conditions on Tanegashima island. AFP
A Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket fitted with the Hope probe at Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. The launch was postponed twice this week due to unstable weather. Courtesy: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Officials said they were not willing to rush the blast-off if there was a risk of losing the probe
An earlier image of the nose cone, in which the probe is sent into space, being transported to the launch site on Tanegashima island
Preparations for the launch. Courtesy: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
UAE project manager Omran Sharaf and Keiji Suzuki of rocket builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at a briefing on Monday. AP
Southern Japan has been battered by heavy rain and bad weather for weeks. Courtesy: Yoshiaki Sakita
Mission staff monitor the weather over southern Japan before the launch of Hope probe was postponed because of wet conditions on Tanegashima island. AFP
A Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket fitted with the Hope probe at Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. The launch was postponed twice this week due to unstable weather. Courtesy: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Officials said they were not willing to rush the blast-off if there was a risk of losing the probe
An earlier image of the nose cone, in which the probe is sent into space, being transported to the launch site on Tanegashima island
Preparations for the launch. Courtesy: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
UAE project manager Omran Sharaf and Keiji Suzuki of rocket builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at a briefing on Monday. AP
Southern Japan has been battered by heavy rain and bad weather for weeks. Courtesy: Yoshiaki Sakita