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A Chinese firm's answer to SpaceX's Falcon 9 blew up in a giant fireball after it accidentally launched during a test
A Chinese space firm said on Sunday that it accidentally launched its Tianlong-3 rocket during a test, causing the vehicle to lift off and crash into a nearby mountainside. In a statement ...
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Disastrous Chinese rocket launch near Gongyi. No casualties reported
Tianlong-3 - chinese reusable rocket Tianlong-3 is a heavy-lift rocket designed and built by Space Pioneer, a private space sector company. Compared to previously used solutions, Tianlong-3 is ...
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Cow dung as rocket fuel! Japanese space start-up fires up engine using biomethane liquid
In comparison, China's commercial firms Landspace and Space Pioneer achieved orbital success with their respective methane-fuelled Zhuque-2 and kerosene-fuelled Tianlong-2 rockets this year.
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China investigated Einstein’s prediction: Now they have the first air-powered engine
Such rockets have failed in their first launches since December ... After the launch of Space Pioneer’s liquid-propelled Tianlong-2 in April, the Zhuque-2 Y-2 represents yet another achievement for ...