30 April 2018
China aims to recover the first stage of the Long March 8 carrier rocket, which is still under development and is expected to make its maiden flight around 2021, said Long Lehao, Chief Designer at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology during a National Space Day conference in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The Long March-8 rocket will have two stages and two boosters: the first stage and boosters are expected to be retrieved through vertical landing
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