VIDEO A treia companie din lume care recuperează cu succes o rachetă pe care a lansat-o, după SpaceX și Blue Origin

Chinese startup LandSpace successfully recovered its Zhuque-3 rocket's first stage, becoming the third company globally to achieve this feat. This milestone reduces China's gap in reusable rocket technology compared to the US. The Zhuque-3, designed to compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9, is made of stainless steel and uses methane and liquid oxygen as fuel. LandSpace aims to reuse the recovered stage up to 20 times, enhancing the viability of commercial space launches. This success follows previous attempts by China to recover orbital boosters, marking a significant advancement in their space capabilities.