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That sentiment has been echoed by Germany, Mexico and the UK, which have all said that they are simply watching for the next steps that will be taken by the Trump administration.

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Back in al-Mughayr, settlers have already pushed Bedouin shepherds off their land nearby.

The NASA administrator Laurie Glaze delivered the news that the space agency had longed to announce.

Its mission to send humans back to the moon for the first time in half a century has a launch window from the 6th until the 11th of March.

The American astronaut Christina Koch is one of the four who will enter quarantine tonight, saying goodbye to their families.

The team should make a 10-day voyage, traveling the furthest into space humans have ever been.

But they won't touch down this time.

Instead, they will fly around the far side of the moon, the part we never see, and back to Earth again.

It's been a rocky road to get here.

The last moon landing was in 1972, and few thought that these would be among the last words spoken on the lunar surface.

The launch will be a major test of America's burning ambition to beat China in the race to build human settlements on the moon.

And if this mission succeeds, America will pull into first place.