China launches first Mars mission

2020-07-23
Xinhua

A Mars probe is launched on a Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in South China's Hainan province, July 23, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

WENCHANG, Hainan — China on July 23 launched a Mars probe on a Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan.