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In three years, the Moon
China has published its timetable: three uncrewed flights from 2027, then astronauts on the Moon before 2030, a base and a reactor. Greenland has ratified its security agreement, and three African swimmers finished in the top six of the 200 m breaststroke in Dakar.
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In Beijing, on 31 October, an engineer set a date in front of the cameras: early 2027, the first uncrewed test flight of the Long March 10A rocket, then two more, then two taikonauts on the Moon before 2030. The plan also provides for a lunar base and a nuclear reactor on site; Mars will wait. The United States, for its part, still aims for a crewed return with Artemis. Two countries, one Moon, and for the first time since 1972 a precise timetable.
Nuuk closes the crisis
In Nuuk, on Tuesday, Greenland’s parliament ratified the security agreement signed on 22 September in New York with the United States and Denmark: more American military presence, an island that stays Danish, and a text that would survive even independence. Ten months after Donald Trump’s threats of annexation, the crisis closes with a vote.
Three swimmers in the top six
In Dakar, on Tuesday, three African swimmers finished in the top six of the 200 m breaststroke at the Youth Olympic Games, a first; Africa also took medals in rugby and judo. A rocket, a vote, three girls in a pool: this morning, which of the three makes you look up?
Based on Numerama, Courrier international, Génération NT, RFI, Le Soir, France 24 and Africa Radio