Breaking: China's Landspace lands booster on legs

08/18/2026 BREAKING NEWS Landspace becomes first non-US company to land booster on legs Landspace successfully recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket Tuesday, becoming the third entity, after SpaceX and Blue Origin, to land an orbital booster on legs. The successful landing is China’s second booster recovery, coming just a month after China caught a Long March 10B orbital booster using a drone vessel at sea equipped with a net-capture system. — By Andrew Jones Read Now Subscribe to SpaceNews This email has been sent to generalastronomy110.stnirp@blogger.com because you previously opted in to receive breaking news alerts from SpaceNews. Unsubscribe here. Sign up for other SpaceNews newsletters.  SpaceNews.com  |  Advertise with SpaceNews Contact us  |  Privacy policy  |  Terms and conditions SpaceNews.com  |  Advertise with SpaceNews  |  Contact us  |  Privacy policy  |  Terms and conditions © 2026, SpaceNews, 100 Fillmore Street, 5th Floor, Denver, CO 80206, United States