# China’s Long March 7A rocket fails to launch as Musk wishes it a ‘speedy recovery’

https://mins.news/en/video/19508

- VOA Chinese, 2026-08-11 20:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77s7ZN067jk

> The VOA news roundup highlights the failure of China’s Long March 7A carrier rocket launch. SpaceX’s Elon Musk offered a wish for the rocket to “recover soon.” The program also reports that President Trump outlined three strategies for dealing with Iran, while Russia released a U.S. Marine said to have been held “illegally” for more than four years. Other featured topics include a Red Sea cargo-ship attack, tighter controls on advanced AI chips and solar-eclipse observations by NASA.

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