Rocket failure may delay China’s space station and moon missions

China’s latest space launch has ended in failure. The Long March 5 rocket successfully took off at 11.23am GMT on Sunday from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in China, but after an hour came tumbling back down to Earth due to an abnormality. Once in the air, mission control in Beijing tried to save the rocket by changing its flight plans, but those attempts were unsuccessful. The rocket, along with the experimental communications satellite it was carrying, crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly afterwards. More

(Source: New Scientist - Jul 4)