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Jiang Zhou

Jiang Zhou

Structural systems expert, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

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"Reusable rockets are a crucial pathway for large-scale, free access to space in the future." — Jiang Zhou, CASC

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China recovers an orbital rocket booster for the first time

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Explaining the recovery to state media

For a decade, only American rockets had flown to orbit and brought their boosters back for reuse. On July 10, China joined them. Its new Long March 10B launched from Hainan, and 11 minutes later a sea platform caught the returning first stage in a net.

Updated 3 hours ago