Free itself from the parachute; perfectly fire eight rocket engines to slow final descent; drop down, dangling on four cables; lock its wheels in place just before landing; and cut the cables right at the moment of touchdown.
The U.S. space agency cited a problem detected on one of the rocket's main engines, after launch teams had begun filling the rocket's core fuel tanks with liquid oxygen and hydrogen propellants.
Russian media reported that Moscow has decided to stop supplying rocket engines to the United States in retaliation for the sanctions imposed against Russia over Ukraine.
So, the sort of central principle behind the engine that we're working on is to basically synthesize a rocket engine with an air-breathing engine like a jet engine.