China And Japan Show Progress With Their Reusable Rockets

rocket booster catch system at sea

China has recovered the first stage of a Long March rocket for the first time.

Credit: CASC
As the U.S. space race with China and other countries has intensified, little has illustrated Washington’s lead more visibly than SpaceX’s routine launch and recovery of its spacecraft. Now China and Japan are demonstrating progress in chipping away at that technological dominance. After prior...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for Aviation Week's Air Transport World magazine and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for Aviation Week.

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