The milestone was achieved on Wednesday by the Chinese private space company LandSpace China has successfully recovered the first stage of an orbital rocket on land for the first time, marking a major step in Beijing’s efforts to develop reusable launch technology and reduce the cost of putting satellites into space.The milestone was achieved on Wednesday by Chinese private space company LandSpace, which successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket after launch, according to state media and company statements.The achievement makes LandSpace one of only a handful of companies globally to demonstrate controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket…