This handout photo taken on July 11, 2026 and received from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows its prototype reusable rocket RV-Xascending at the Noshiro Rocket Testing Center in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture. Japan's space agency said on July 11 its prototype reusable rocket successfully completed the first lift-off and landing test, marking a step forward in the cost-cutting technology dominated by SpaceX. (Photo by Handout / JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) / AFP via Getty Images) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This handout photo taken on July 11, 2026 and received from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows its prototype reusable rocket RV-X landing at the Noshiro Rocket Testing Center in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture. Japan's space agency said on July 11 its prototype reusable rocket successfully completed the first lift-off and landing test, marking a step forward in the cost-cutting technology dominated by SpaceX. (Photo by Handout / JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) / AFP via Getty Images) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Britain's King Charles III (centre right) watches a presentation of a deployable antenna during a visit to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, during a visit to Oxford, west of London on July 10, 2026. (Photo by Toby Shepheard / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

US Navy Rear Adm. Michael Mattis speaks during an advance manufacturing demonstration by AI-powered technology platform FleetWorks during the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Oahu, Hawaii, on July 10, 2026. Rear Adm. Mattis' briefing highlighted expeditionary manufacturing, autonomous logistics and distributed production capabilities being demonstrated during the multinational exercise. (Photo by Michelle Bir / AFP via Getty Images)

Mechanical engineer David Sanger with Snowbird Technologies, a defense and space manufacturing company, shows their Expeditionary Manufacturing System during an advance manufacturing demonstration by AI-powered technology platform FleetWorks during the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Oahu, Hawaii, on July 10, 2026. (Photo by Michelle Bir / AFP via Getty Images)

Duane Blank, field operations manager for Firestorm, an aviation and aerospace component manufacturing company, shows an unmanned aircraft during an advance manufacturing demonstration by AI-powered technology platform FleetWorks during the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Oahu, Hawaii, on July 10, 2026. (Photo by Michelle Bir / AFP via Getty Images)

The Typhoon autonomous surface vessel developed by Splash Industries is displayed during an advance manufacturing demonstration by AI-powered technology platform FleetWorks during the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Oahu, Hawaii, on July 10, 2026. (Photo by Michelle Bir / AFP via Getty Images)

An autonomous surface vessel is displayed during an advance manufacturing demonstration by AI-powered technology platform FleetWorks during the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Oahu, Hawaii, on July 10, 2026. (Photo by Michelle Bir / AFP via Getty Images)