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12:43, 23-Jul-2020
Tianwen-1: Rocket carrying China's Mars probe blasts off
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China's Long March-5 Y4 carrier rocket, alongside its Mars probe, blasted off at 12:41 p.m. on Thursday from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province.
The journey to Mars will take six to seven months, and the probe is expected to reach the Red Planet around February 2021.