(Xinhua) 21:15, November 03, 2016
China’s brand-new heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-5 blasts off from Wenchang Space Launch center in south China’s Hainan province, at 8:43 p.m. Beijing time, Nov. 3, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
(The average age of the crew is about 32.5 year old)
WENCHANG, Hainan, Nov. 3 — China on Thursday launched its brand-new heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-5 from Wenchang Space Launch center in south China’s Hainan province. The rocket blasted off at 8:43 p.m. Beijing time, trailing a vast column of flame.