Space launch live: China to blast Chang’e-6 spacecraft to far side of moon

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China on a mission to 'dominate space' "It is a big day for China's space programme," our Asia correspondent Nicole Johnston, who is reporting from Beijing, says. "The rocket is due to take off in around an hour on Hainan Island in south China. "It's being closely watched around the world but especially by the United States. The rhetoric has really been increasing from NASA. "NASA does not co-operate with China at all, in fact the US has a law banning it from doing so, but NASA has accused China of running a military programme in space. "All of these...