Focus: Asia-Pacific

Video Shows Chinese Rocket Launch Failure
China attempted to launch a top-secret military payload into space early Thursday morning, but the attempt ended in a rain of wreckage. The loss of the Long March 4C rocket...
Launch
One of China's a Long March-4C rockets launches from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on May 27, 2008. Photo: Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP
China's LandSpace Successfully Tests TQ-12 Engine
Chinese private rocket company LandSpace successfully tested an 80-ton thrust liquid oxygen-methane engine, according to its developer Friday. The engine, named TQ-12, was independently developed by LandSpace and has the...
Launch
LandSpace testing its TQ-12 engine. Photo: LandSpace