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Astronauts should return to the Apollo 15 landing site on the moon and haul home some of its half-century-old poop and hardware, a panel told NASA on Wednesday.
A crew would land just north of the site at Mons Hadley — far enough away to avoid damaging it. From there, the astronauts would walk over to inspect the rover, lander base, instruments, and power systems the prior crew left behind in 1971.
That equipment has endured decades of space radiation and repeated heating and cooling as lunar days give way to nights. Scientists on Earth could study how the lunar environment impacts the hardware over time. A close look at the urine and feces in a lab could reveal how biological material changes and whether it affects the area around it.
That "would be foundational information [for] how we need to engineer the systems for lunar bases," said Dan Dumbacher, co-chairperson of the committee, "for anything humans take to the surface of the moon."
The mission proposal came from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee, whom NASA asked to recommend future moon-landing sites away from the lunar south pole, where the agency already intends to build a long-term moon base. In a new report, members of the committee selected four non-polar sites — Bhabha Crater, Mons Hadley, Orientale Basin, and Aristarchus Plateau — where they believe Artemis astronauts should collect samples, make observations, and conduct experiments. They prioritized locations they believed would benefit from human explorers over uncrewed robots.
These so-called "sorties," the term NASA used when tasking the committee, would be short, one-time visits. Because the poles lack the volcanic terrain found elsewhere on the moon, as well as radioactive metals like uranium and thorium, the brief trips would complement the base, not replace it, according to the report.
Each mission would send a pair of astronauts to make one to four moonwalks within 2 kilometers — or 1.2 miles — of their lander. That distance is a previously established "walkback" limit NASA decided long ago that the committee thinks the agency should try to extend. The panel also chose landing sites that offered the most opportunities for geology, biology, human health, and physics research.
The top pick, Bhabha Crater, sits inside what may be the solar system's largest and oldest crater, and its rocks could pin down when that massive impact happened. Situated on the far side of the moon, the crew would have to land farther from home than any humans before, letting NASA test how astronauts cope with isolation.
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The site is also prime for a telescope, said James Day, the other chairperson of the committee.
"It's an almost unmatched location for doing radio astronomy, and the reason for this is because it's in the quiet zone on the far side of the moon. It is shielded from the noise that we produce here on Earth," Day said. "This will give us information on the very early universe before the first stars or galaxies had formed."
At Orientale, the moon's youngest large basin at roughly 3.8 billion years old, astronauts would collect boulders from deep in the crust that could show whether the moon was once entirely molten. They would also set up a detector for gravitational waves — ripples in spacetime. The instrument could alert astronomers months before distant neutron stars collide, the committee leaders said.
Finally, the Aristarchus Plateau, an Apollo destination that NASA never reached, holds volcanic deposits that may yield water. It spans about 60 miles, so crews there would gain the most from the simple open rover the committee thinks NASA should build.
Among its recommendations, the panel said NASA should keep mapping the moon in detail from orbit, build instruments that can run through the lunar night, and set up a communications system that keeps crews in constant contact with Earth, even on the far side.
NASA will decide when and in what order to fly the missions.
"All four of these sites will give us profound knowledge," Day said, "not just of our moon, but of our solar system, and frankly of ourselves."
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O experiente goleiro Thibaut Courtois afirmou que foi excluído do grupo de WhatsApp do elenco da seleção da Bélgica. O arqueiro anunciou em setembro que não disputaria a Liga das Nações pela equipe nacional.
O goleiro conversou com o técnico Van Bommel e disse que se afastaria por um tempo da seleção. No entanto, deixou em aberto a possibilidade de voltar a ser convocado no futuro, se colocando à disposição para as Eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2028.
“Fui expulso do grupo de WhatsApp dos jogadores. Esse grupo é usado para comunicar informações, como horários de treino. Há algumas mensagens de vez em quando, mas não muitas”, afirmou o belga em entrevista à “Dazn”.
O treinador da seleção da Bélgica não garantiu a titularidade ao goleiro do Real Madrid caso ele voltasse a ser chamado para defender o time nacional.
“Nunca fui para a seleção esperando jogar automaticamente. Conheço minhas qualidades e sei que posso ser importante para a equipe. Ninguém precisa me garantir uma vaga no time titular”, disparou.
Thibaut Courtois esteve com a Bélgica na última edição da Copa do Mundo. A seleção foi eliminada pela campeã Espanha, nas quartas de final do Mundial.
“Nós estamos muito orgulhosos de tudo o que fizemos até agora. Eu sei que muitas vezes você recebe críticas como ‘a geração de ouro nunca ganhou nada’, mas nós somos a Bélgica, não somos a Inglaterra, não somos a Espanha, não somos a França. Nós somos um pequeno país de quase 12 milhões de pessoas que, em grandes torneios, fez coisas incríveis”, discursou na ocasião.
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Vice President JD Vance sharply called out WNBA players in the league finals over skipping the national anthem during an interview Wednesday, calling them "disgraceful."
Players from both the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries have left the court during the national anthem before the first two games of the WNBA Finals, despite a rule in the league’s own rulebook specifically calling for players to stand and line up during the performance.
"I think it's disgraceful," Vance told host Raymond Arroyo on "Arroyo Grande." "I think that you should not express some criticism of a public policy of a given politician by disrespecting the country writ large. I mean, those women who play for the WNBA, think of the public safety, think of the incredible wealth and privilege, the amazing jobs that they have. They have a lot to be grateful to the United States for, and I think that if they had a bit more of a spirit of gratitude, they'd be happier people, and they wouldn't offend so many people as well."
Vance also appeared to cite Saint Augustine’s idea of Ordo Amoris, a concept from Catholic thought that Vance cited in 2025 to defend administration deportation policies.
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"I've gotten some trouble talking about this, but I'll just talk about it again," Vance said. "One of the ways I understand the Catholic understanding is that we have various orders of duty, and you know, our closest and most immediate duty, of course, is to our family and to the people in our immediate circle. But we, of course, owe duties to the entire world. We owe duties to the stranger. But I also think a good and coherent understanding of the Christian self is that you are part of a national community."
He added, "Whether you were born in the United States or whether you came here by choice, this is your country. And I think that we're all meant to love it. We're all meant to try to make it the best version of itself. But fundamentally, I think, without love of country, I think that you're going to be a disordered human being."
Fox News Digital spoke to veteran GOP strategist Mary Marslender, who argued, like Vance, that the basketball players lack perspective on how great it is to live in the United States.
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"The WNBA players are treating a country that has given them extraordinary privileges as if it were an oppressor, while ignoring that American women enjoy rights and opportunities that remain rare or nonexistent for most women elsewhere," she said. "They seem to forget that a league like the WNBA exists and its players can publicly dissent without fear of state reprisal solely because of these rights and opportunities. If these activists hate this country that much, they are free to leave it. The rest of us are done with this disrespect."
Fox News Digital reached out to the WNBA, as well as the Women's National Basketball Players Association, and did not receive an immediate reply.
OutKick's Dan Zaksheske contributed to this report.
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O Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos ordenou que alguns diplomatas e seus familiares deixem suas missões na Arábia Saudita, informaram autoridades norte-americanas à Reuters.
Além disso, o governo de Donald Trump planeja retirar familiares de várias outras missões norte-americanas no Golfo Pérsico, ainda de acordo com as fontes.
O porta-voz do Departamento de Estado, Tommy Pigott, afirmou em uma postagem no X que o departamento ordenou a saída de “funcionários não essenciais do governo dos EUA e seus familiares apenas na Arábia Saudita”, em meio aos ataques dos Houthis, um grupo apoiado pelo Irã, do Iêmen contra alvos civis no país.
O governo Trump havia enviado de volta alguns integrantes do corpo diplomático à região nos últimos meses, depois que muitos haviam sido retirados quando o Irã lançou ataques de retaliação contra instalações norte-americanas após o início da guerra dos EUA e de Israel contra o Irã, no final de fevereiro.
“Os Houthis, apoiados pelo Irã, têm se envolvido cada vez mais em hostilidades contra a Arábia Saudita, incluindo ataques a aeroportos civis e outras infraestruturas críticas, resultando em vítimas civis e graves interrupções nas viagens”, justificou Pigott.
Quatro autoridades norte-americanas disseram à Reuters que as missões dos EUA em outros países do Golfo Pérsico também estariam ordenando que familiares deixassem o local.
Pigott não se pronunciou sobre mudanças em outras missões fora da Arábia Saudita.
A embaixada dos EUA em Riade emitiu um alerta de segurança nesta quarta-feira (21) sobre possíveis novos ataques dos houthis à Arábia Saudita, após recentes ataques mortais, incluindo um ao aeroporto de Riade.
Capitão do Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes disse que seu time não pressionou o suficiente e adotou um “clima de derrota” depois de sofrer um gol cedo na derrota por 4 a 1 para o Como, nesta quarta-feira (21), pela Champions League.
O resultado aumentou a pressão sobre o técnico Michael Carrick. O Como abriu o placar aos 2 minutos, e o United desmoronou. Apenas um gol de honra de Joshua Zirkzee, nos acréscimos, deixou o placar um pouco menos pesado.
“Começamos com o pé errado, e eles marcaram muito cedo”, disse Bruno Fernandes à TNT Sports. “Não houve pressão suficiente sobre a bola, nem muitos bons movimentos sem a bola. Muitas coisas não saíram como queríamos.”
“É uma decisão da comissão técnica não pressionar homem a homem e, às vezes, deixar espaço nas costas e tentar pegar a bola, esperá-los, mas, às vezes, quando você dá espaço a essas equipes, elas ganham confiança”, afirmou.
Questionado se seus comentários significavam uma crítica à tática de Carrick, Fernandes respondeu: “Isso cabe ao técnico e à comissão avaliarem, não a mim.”
“Às vezes você precisa ser mais corajoso sob pressão, assumir o risco de pressionar alto e deixá-los desconfortáveis.”
A situação de Carrick se tornou cada vez mais delicada, já que o United agora está há sete jogos sem vencer.
“Foi mais do que decepcionante”, disse à TNT Sports o técnico de 45 anos. “Acho que todos precisam assumir a responsabilidade. Eu assumo a responsabilidade pelo time e pelo desempenho como um todo, isso para em mim, e estou bem com isso.”
“Mas, como torcedor deste clube, ver uma atuação como essa é inaceitável, preciso dizer.”
Carrick disse que o time não mostrou a intensidade necessária.
“É a motivação, o propósito e a intensidade que você precisa levar para um jogo de futebol. Hoje não levamos isso”, afirmou. “Preciso pedir desculpas pela atuação.”
Fernandes também questionou a mentalidade do United após o revés inicial. “Sofrer cedo faz com que a gente entre no jogo com um clima de derrota”, disse.
O United soma três pontos nas três primeiras partidas da Champions League e recebe a Roma em seu próximo jogo na competição.
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O mercado online de artigos em segunda mão, Vinted, removeu anúncios de produtos franceses saqueados e intensificou a verificação de anúncios “suspeitos”, numa tentativa das autoridades do país de impedir que bens roubados durante os protestos sejam vendidos online.
A Vinted afirma que as equipes tomaram “medidas imediatas para identificar e remover anúncios ligados aos saques”.
“A venda de produtos roubados, ou a solicitação dos mesmos, é estritamente proibida no Vinted, e temos tolerância zero para isso”, afirmou a empresa em comunicado, observando que “intensificou o monitoramento de anúncios suspeitos”.
Contas que violarem as regras poderão ser banidas permanentemente, afirmou a Vinted, acrescentando que está trabalhando com as autoridades policiais e francesas para “detectar e combater riscos emergentes e comportamentos maliciosos”.
A resposta surge num momento em que o governo francês intensifica a fiscalização dos mercados online, após relatos de que bens roubados durante os protestos no fim de semana apareceram a venda na internet.
Serge Papin, ministro francês para as Pequenas Empresas, disse no X que as autoridades convocaram uma reunião com operadores de mercados online e representantes dos ministérios do Interior e da Justiça.
Na terça-feira (20), ele afirmou que o governo obteve o compromisso das plataformas de detectar e remover anúncios de itens saqueados, e que também estava monitorando as vendas, alertando que qualquer pessoa que vender produtos roubados será rastreada e processada.
Grandes varejistas, incluindo grupos de luxo como Louis Vuitton e Rolex, e a varejista de cosméticos Sephora, foram atingidos pela violência, informou a Reuters.
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