When Zhang Chenxing, who holds a PhD from MIT, co-founded Mega Engine Technology in Xi'an in early 2024, China's high-pressure oxygen-rich staged-combustion know-how sat almost entirely inside state propulsion houses — and by May 2026 his startu - Space Daily

When Zhang Chenxing, who holds a PhD from MIT, co-founded Mega Engine Technology in Xi'an in early 2024, China's high-pressure oxygen-rich staged-combustion know-how sat almost entirely inside state propulsion houses — and by May 2026 his startu Space Daily Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine SpaceNews China successfully fires reusable engine to compete with SpaceX Interesting Engineering Chinese Startup Fires ‘Blazing’ Oxygen-Rich Engine for Deep Space Missions Gizmodo