The Long March 12A, China’s first state-owned reusable rocket, made its debut launch on Tuesday morning but the recovery of the first stage was a failure. It marked China’s second failed bid this ...

China conducted the debut flight of its Long March 12A carrier rocket on Tuesday, achieving a successful launch while the recovery attempt ended in failure. The 70.4-meter-tall Long March 12A, the ...

China launched Long March-12A reusable rocket at the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone at 10 am on Tuesday. The second stage of the rocket entered the preset orbit, but the first ...

For the second time this month, a Chinese rocket designed for reuse successfully soared into low-Earth orbit on its first flight Monday, defying the questionable odds that burden the debuts of new ...

Chinese state-owned space firm launches Long March 12A rocket Maiden flight is China's second attempt at completing reusable rocket test Long March 12A booster not recovered, failing test China hoping ...

The first stage of China's reusable Long March 12A "was not successfully recovered" during the rocket's inaugural flight on Monday, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency, as Beijing looks to ...

Liftoff of the first Long March 12A from Jiuquan spaceport. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — A first launch of the Long March 12A Chinese state-owned reusable rocket reached orbit late Monday, but attempted ...

China failed in a second attempt to demonstrate the ability to recover the first stage of a launcher, this time during the inaugural flight of the Long March 12A. The rocket took off at 10 a.m. local ...

SpaceX can breathe easy: China hasn't nailed recoverable boosters just yet. But it did have some success on the first launch of its Long March 12A reusable launch vehicle. The main spacecraft made it ...

China's Long March 12A, developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), is scheduled for its inaugural flight on December 22, aiming to achieve the nation's first orbital-class ...

HELSINKI — China launched new Guowang satellite internet payloads Dec. 11 as preparations advanced for a Long March 12A orbital launch and first stage landing attempt. The fourth Long March 12 lifted ...

The race to launch China’s first reusable rocket is heating up, with three contenders now lined up at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the country’s northwest for flights that could make history ...