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LandSpace Lands Zhuque‑3 Booster, Achieves China’s First Land‑Based Orbital‑Class Recovery

A successful vertical touchdown now leads to inspections followed by possible reflights that could lower launch costs.

Booster 20 Completes 33‑Engine Static Fire, Clearing Way for Mid‑July Starship Flight 13

China's Long March 10B Caught Its First Stage in Sea Net Recovery

Long March 10B Completes Maiden Orbital Launch and Sea‑Net Recovery

China Recovers Long March 10B First Stage in Offshore Net Capture

JAXA's RV-X Prototype Completes First Hover-and-Landing Test

China and Japan Demonstrate Two New Approaches to Reusable Rocket Recovery

JAXA’s RV‑X Demonstrator Completes Controlled Vertical Landing

Skyroot Prepares Vikram‑I for First Private Orbital Launch From Sriharikota

Japan’s H3 Rocket Returns to Flight With New Low-Cost All-Liquid Variant

Blue Origin's New Glenn Explodes During Cape Canaveral Static-Fire Test

China’s PR-2 Debuts as NASA’s Artemis II Takes Flight, Signaling a Quickening Space Race

Firefly Sets Alpha ‘Stairway to Seven’ Return-to-Flight for Today From Vandenberg

China’s Reusable-Rocket Drive Accelerates as LandSpace Sets Q2 Recovery Test and CAS Space Targets March Debut

Rocket Lab Targets Late-February HASTE Launch Carrying Hypersonix DART AE for DIU

ISRO Orders Third-Party Review of PSLV After Two Failures, Targets June Return

Chinese Space Ventures Unveil Tourism Plans, Advance IPOs and Reusable Rockets

Rocket Lab Neutron Tank Ruptures During Pressure Test

Isar Aerospace Delays Second Spectrum Test Launch After Valve Issue

LandSpace Readies Next Zhuque-3 Flight and IPO Bid as China Backs Reusable Rockets