Chinas Long March-10B rocket makes maiden flight, achieving controlled first-stage recovery for first time

China successfully launched the Long March-10B carrier rocket at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Friday, achieving its first controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage.

China successfully launched the Long March-10B carrier rocket at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Friday, achieving its first controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage.