"China Successfully Tests Reusable Rocket Catching System with Constricting Wires"

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Source: Space.com
"China Successfully Tests Reusable Rocket Catching System with Constricting Wires"
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China's state-owned main space contractor, CASC, is developing reusable rockets and plans to catch them using constricting wires instead of landing legs, with the aim of debuting the first two reusable rockets in 2025 and 2026. This approach is part of China's lunar and human spaceflight plans, and several other commercial firms in China are also working on their own reusable rockets.

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