China has successfully launched its first independent mission to Mars, which will attempt to land an exploration rover on the red planet, the latest marker in its ambitious programme to outpace the US in space.
A Long March 5 rocket was launched on Thursday from China’s Wenchang launch pad on the southern island province of Hainan, the China National Space Administration announced.
The vessel is carrying a Tianwen-1 probe in an unmanned mission that intends to match the US and Russia by successfully landing on Mars, something that was first achieved in the 1970s.
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