China Launches New Rocket, Prototype Crew Capsule

Monday, June 27, 2016 - 17:31 in Astronomy & Space

The Long March 7 rocket — which China developed in part to help build and service a crewed space station that the nation plans to have up and running by the early 2020s — blasted off on its maiden flight Saturday (June 25).

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