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Loading contentLong March 5 is a Chinese heavy-lift launch vehicle that has launched missions including the Tianwen-1 Mars probe and modules of the Tiangong space station.
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How Long March 5 connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
CNSA is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China, overseeing the country's civil space program including launch vehicles, lunar exploration, and crewed spaceflight.
Tianwen-1 was China's first independent Mars mission, combining an orbiter, lander, and the Zhurong rover.
Chang'e 5 returned the first lunar samples since the 1970s.
China's principal launch-vehicle family, spanning small to heavy lift — from the early hypergolic Long March 2/3/4 to the modern cryogenic Long March 5/6/7/8.
The coastal Wenchang complex for the heavy-lift Long March 5.
China's first large LH2/LOX engine, two of which power the Long March 5 core stage.
China's kerosene/LOX oxidizer-rich staged-combustion engine, used in the boosters of Long March 5 and the cores of Long March 6/7.
Russia's modular heavy-lift launcher built from common URM core boosters and burning kerosene/LOX, intended to replace the Proton.
A medium-lift rocket operated by Northrop Grumman that launched Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS; the flown Antares 230+ retired in 2023 after its Russian/Ukrainian first-stage supply was cut, pending the U.S.-built Antares 330.
Europe's first launcher, which established independent access to space and orbited the Giotto probe to Halley's Comet.
An uprated single-payload development of Ariane 1 with a more powerful third stage.
An Ariane variant adding two solid strap-on boosters and dual-payload capability for commercial satellites.
A highly successful and flexible Ariane variant with multiple booster configurations that dominated the commercial launch market in the 1990s.
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