The new Chinese launch vehicle during the tests fell in the mountains

The Tianlong-3 liquid launch vehicle fell in the mountains during the tests, there are no victims, the China News publication, citing a private Chinese development company Space Pioneer.

Tianlong-3, a two-stage missile operating on kerosene and liquid oxygen, comparable to the SpaceX heavy class rocket. The test passed nine reusable engines designed to power the first stage.

The engines were launched according to plan, their thrust reached 820 tons. However, due to the structural failure of the rocket, she came off the launch pad and took off. Subsequently, he landed in a mountainous area about 1.5 kilometers from the start site and fell apart.

Space Pioneer called this attempt the most difficult test during the development of the current Chinese launch vehicles: the engine’s thrust is twice as much as the craving of previous aerospace tests. The company added that they would investigate the reasons for the failure.

• On June 25, the Chinese lunar probe "Chan-6" for the first time in history delivered samples of soil collected on the back of the moon to Earth.
• From June 2 to 3, the probe collected soil samples, and on June 4, took off from the back of the moon and soon went to the planned lunar orbit. On June 25, he landed in the autonomous district of Inner Mongolia in northern China.