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A propos - Space race heats up between US, China as NASA lays out Moon base plans

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 134 words · By Sharon GAFFNEY; Andrew HILLIAR
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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Michelle L. D. Hanlon, Executive Director at the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Michelle L. D. Hanlon, Executive Director at the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi.”
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The claim is directly confirmed by Wikipedia and the official University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) website, stating Michelle L. D. Hanlon is the Executive Director of the Center for Air and Space Law.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — April Michelle Perry (born 1979) is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Perry was previously …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Perry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michelle Lea Desyin Slawecki Hanlon (born August 8, 1965) is an American space lawyer and space law professor. She is the co-founder, president and chief executive officer of For All Moonkind, and Exe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Hanlon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Jersey. It was founded in 1880 and is currently led by Christine Hanlon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Republican_Party
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Claim 2: “China moves ahead with its own lunar ambitions, launching three astronauts into outer space.”
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Three separate web search results independently report that China has launched a three-person crew (specifically mentioning Shenzhou-18 and astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu) as part of its broader lunar ambitions and space station operations.
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web search NEUTRAL — China has launched three astronauts into space as part of a study into how long-term stays in orbit could impact humans. One of the astronauts will stay on China's Tiangong space station for a year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/china-launches-shenzh…
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web search NEUTRAL — China hopes to have built the first phase of a manned scientific base, known as the International Lunar Research Station, by 2035. It also plans to welcome its first foreign astronaut, from Pakistan, …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/24/china-launches…
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web search NEUTRAL — China launched a three-person crew to its space station as part of an ambitious program aiming for a moon landing by 2030. The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft lifted off from Jiuquan, carrying astronauts Ye Gu…
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/2917811-chin…
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Claim 3: “NASA has unveiled its plans to send humans to the Moon, which include establishing a permanent presence on Earth's nearest satellite by the 2030s.”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia (Artemis program) and web search results, confirm NASA's plan to establish a permanent lunar base/presence starting with Artemis V (late 2028) and extending into the 2030s.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Twenty-eight people have traveled to or around the Moon, including 12 who landed and walked on the surface. These 28 are the only astronauts to have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Between December 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_flown_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a crewed or robotic spacecraft on the Moon. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959, and the first crewed mission to land on …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations. Such views are cons…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theori…
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