Long March 5 Succeeds On Return To Flight

The third Long March 5 awaiting launch.
Credit: Chinese government
BEIJING—The Calt Long March 5 heavy space launcher returned to flight on Dec. 27, two and a half years after the second mission failed due to an engine manufacturing fault. The successful shot appears to have removed a barrier to beginning the third stage of China’s lunar exploration program, which...

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