China Launches Rocket With Its First Mars Rover Tianwen-1 - Reports

BEIJING (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd July, 2020) China launched on Thursday a carrier rocket with its first Mars rover called Tianwen-1, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

The Long March 5 carrier rocket was launched at 12:41 p.m. local time (04:41GMT) from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island province of Hainan.