China launches its first unmanned mission to Mars – ZAWYA

China launches its first unmanned mission to Mars – ZAWYA

china launches its first unmanned mission to mars china's largest carrier rocket, the long march 5 y-4, blasted off with the probe at 12:41 p.m. (0441 gmt) from wenchang space launch centre on the southern island of hainan    the long march 5 y-4 rocket, carrying an unmanned mars probe of the tianwen-1 mission, takes off from wenchang space launch center in wenchang, hainan province, china july 23, 2020.wenchang, china - china successfully launched an unmanned probe to mars on thursday in its first independent mission to another planet, in a display of its technological prowess and ambition to join an elite club of space-faring nations.china's largest carrier rocket, the long march 5 y-4, blasted off with the probe at 12:41 p.m. (0441 gmt) from wenchang space launch centre on the southern island of hainan.in 2020, mars is at its closest to earth, at a distance of about 55 million km (34 million miles), in a window of about a month that opens once every 26 months.china's largest carrier rocket, the long march 5 y-4, blasted off with the probe at 12:41 p.m. (0441 gmt) from wenchang space launch centre on the southern island of hainan.wenchang, china - china successfully