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Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight - Space

Published by Space.com By Mike Wall · 19 August 2026 at 04:32
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Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight - Space
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"This mission marks China's first-ever successful recovery attempt of the first stage of an orbital-class launch vehicle using landing legs, and China's first successful booster recovery on land."

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