China Aims To Build Moon Rocket Demo Engine In 2018

Credit: Moon: NASA
BEIJING—Completing a demonstrator for a huge first-stage rocket engine, possibly this year, is among technology acquisition projects that China’s main space industry group is undertaking in preparation for a go-ahead for manned Moon missions. Work on engines for second and third stages and on the...

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