A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries staff member stands next to the top of the first stage of a H3 rocket, inside the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works Tobishima Plant in Tobishima, Aichi prefecture Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
This shows the first stage, left, and the second stage, right, in final preparations for an upcoming H3 rocket flight later this year, inside the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works Tobishima Plant in Tobishima, Aichi prefecture Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)