A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-5 spacecraft, blasted off on Tuesday from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of China's southern island province of Hainan. It is the country's first attempt to retrieve samples from an extraterrestrial body. | CGTN

On May 5, 2020, China successfully launched the Long March 5B rocket — a major milestone that officially opened the chapter for building the Chinese Space Station in orbit. The power, the flames, the roar… this liftoff marked the beginning of a new era in China’s journey to the stars. 🌌🔥 From this first flight, China kicked off a series of missions that would assemble their own space station piece by piece — a huge achievement in global space exploration! 📹 Video Credit: Wikimedia Commons / 中

The fourth Long March-5 rocket, to be used to launch China's first Mars exploration mission, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Friday. The planned launch of the carrier rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y4, is set for late July or early August, according to China National Space Administration. | CGTN

It's China's largest and most powerful rocket. And what else makes the Long March-5 stand out from other Chinese rockets? Find out in this video. China successfully launched the heavy-lift carrier rocket on Thursday and experts say it is of huge significance to China's lunar and Mars missions and manned space program. | China Xinhua News