China achieves successful land recovery of a rocket

In a landmark moment for China's space sector, a huge rocket booster gently touched down on China's northwestern desert terrain on Wednesday morning, marking the country's first-ever successful land recovery of a rocket.

Footage from surveillance drones flying near the landing trajectory shows that during the final phase of its return to Earth, at an altitude of roughly three kilometers above the ground, the booster ignited an engine at the center of its base for propulsive deceleration.