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Photos: China launches Mars probe in space race with US

China's biggest space rocket launched from the southern island of Hainan

Published: July 23, 2020 09:43 AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 338765-01-02-1595482488405 — China launched a rover to Mars on Thursday, a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-07-23T045527Z_1962122969_RC2SYH91CWL9_RTRMADP_3_SPACE-EXPLORATION-CHINA-MARS-1595482484661 — The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket, carrying an unmanned Mars probe of the Tianwen-1 mission, is seen before the launch at Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 338779-01-02-1595482469376 — The Chinese mission is named Tianwen-1 ("Questions to Heaven") in a nod to a classical poem that has verses about the cosmos. It launched on a Long March 5 - China's biggest space rocket - from the southern island of Hainan. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of China_Mars_91817.jpg-26d33-1595482472534 — Chinese authorities have yet to confirm the success of the launch. Tianwen-1 is expected to arrive in February 2021 after a seven-month, 55-million-kilometre (34-million-mile) voyage. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-07-23T052244Z_1852487153_RC2TYH94SYI1_RTRMADP_3_SPACE-EXPLORATION-CHINA-MARS-1595482465458 — The mission includes a Mars orbiter, a lander and a rover that will study the planet's soil. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 338721-01-02 [1]-1595482467554 — A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province. Image Credit: AFP

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20200723 china rocket — A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-07-23T044958Z_1462299677_RC2SYH9W9265_RTRMADP_3_SPACE-EXPLORATION-CHINA-MARS-1595482476390 — 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 Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-07-23T050807Z_81607542_RC2TYH9YWVJ2_RTRMADP_3_SPACE-EXPLORATION-CHINA-MARS-1595482461051 — 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 Image Credit: Reuters

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20200723 rocket — 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. Image Credit: Reuters

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