BEIJING (AFP): China on Friday (Dec 27) launched one of the world's most powerful rockets in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020.
BEIJING : China on Friday launched one of the world's most powerful rockets in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020.
"The Long March 5 rocket is tasked with important missions," Wu Yanhua, the deputy head of China's National Space Administration, said in a video released by CCTV last week. China successfully launched the first Long March 5 in November 2016, which it said at the time was the most powerful launcher it had yet developed.
Beijing has invested billions of dollars in its space programme in an effort to catch up with its rival the United States and affirm its status as a major world power.
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