China completes first successful liquid rocket engine trial
(World News Science)

The first 80-ton liquid-oxygen methane engine in China, named `Tianque` (TQ-12), completed successfully its trial test on Friday, Landspace, an emerging private Chinese rocket company, told the Global Times. This marks the first successful test of a liquid rocket engine in China`s private aerospace industry, making `Tianque` the third liquid-oxygen methane engine to finish a full system trial test worldwide, following the SpaceX Raptor engine and the BE-4...