China's reusable rocket makes it to orbit but fails to stick the landing

Theregister | 04-12-2025 07:34am |

An ‘anomaly’ meant a fireball arrived at the recovery zone instead of a spent first stage There's good news and bad news for the Chinese commercial launch industry. The good news is that LandSpace's ZhuQue-3 launched successfully on its maiden flight. The bad news is that a hoped-for recovery of the first stage ended in a fireball....

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