China’s LandSpace has succeeded in being the first in the world to launch a rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane. With that, it is even too fast for Musk’s SpaceX. The rocket, named ZhuQue-2, was successfully launched from the Gobi desert at 09:00 on Wednesday morning. A first step towards the next generation of space launchers.
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Chinese start-up beats Elon Musk’s SpaceX: first ever successful launch of a methane rocket
