China lands a rocket booster on the ground for the first time
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The Chinese startup LandSpace recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday.
It is one of only a handful of private companies to land an orbital-class booster.
Reuters reported that the feat places LandSpace alongside SpaceX and Blue Origin, and narrows China’s gap with the US in reusable rockets.
The booster came back […]
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