Older American rockets could not carry more than one satellite or 8,500 pounds.

Would the rocket carry through on the flight plan?

A rocket carrying about one pound of powder could travel almost 1,000 yards.

The biggest current unmanned rocket can carry about 25 tons.

These rockets carried 5000 postcards over a distance of 3 km.

Following this, various rockets carrying electronic equipment are launched into low earth orbit.

The rocket could carry a man over 9-meter-high obstacles and reached a speed of 11 to 16 km/h.

Those first rockets carried small ones, propelled by compressed springs.

A rocket carrying China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, has launched from the north of the country.

The rocket has 520 kg empty weight and can carry 15.5 tons of fuel.