AP - SPACE RACE: Japan's last space launch ended in a big fireball in Nov. 2003, a disappointment all the more bitter because rival China had successfully launched its first astronaut a month earlier.{br}{br}View the Entire Article (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050226/ap_on_sc/japan_rocket_launch_summary_box){br}