Long March 5, heavy-lift two-stage rocket, launched on Nov 3, 2016
The 57-meter-tall rocket has a liftoff weight of 870 metric tons, and a maximum payload capacity of 25 tons to low Earth orbit and 14 tons to geosynchronous transfer orbit. Long March 5 will enable China to put its future manned station into space and send unmanned probes to Mars. It is scheduled to carry the Chang'e-5 lunar probe around 2017. (Photo gallery)
