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.
The heavy lift Long March 5 rocket carrying a test satellite payload blasted off from the Wenchang launch site on the southern island of Hainan at 8.45pm local time, a livestream from state broadcaster CCTV showed.
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