At an opening ceremony for the China Space Conference held in Nanjing, Jiangsu on Saturday, the national Space Day, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) officially named its first Mars rover "Zhu Rong (祝融)".
China's new carrier rocket Long March 8 made its first flight on Tuesday at 12:37 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan, sending five satellites into planned orbit.
