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Artemis III, Kane's Ballon d'Or, cartwheeling snakes
Four astronauts including Randy Bresnik will spend up to seventeen days testing Moon-landing systems in Earth orbit in summer twenty twenty-seven; the actual landing is on the calendar for twenty twenty-eight.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN This Morning at 7:01 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Tiniest of margins! Ballon d'Or chief reveals how Harry Kane SNATCHED Golden Ball from Kylian Mbappe in dramatic late voting surge”, with reporting from BBC, Hindustan Times, NASA, Latin Times, NewsNation and ZME Science.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 7:01 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
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- Yahoo SportsTiniest of margins! Ballon d'Or chief reveals how Harry Kane SNATCHED Golden Ball from Kylian Mbappe in dramatic late voting surge
- BBCWhat is Nasa's Artemis III mission? And what comes next?
- Hindustan TimesVideo: Dwarf reed snakes can ‘cartwheel’ away from danger instead of just slithering
- NASANASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027, Names Crew Members - NASA facts used on air
- Latin TimesNASA's Artemis III will no longer land on the Moon—it's now a 2027 orbital test before the planned Artemis IV landing October 23, 2026 · facts used on air
- NewsNationNASA gives update on Artemis III mission October 23, 2026 · facts used on air
- ZME ScienceThese Snakes Escape Danger by Spinning Like Wheels facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNASA's Artemis III will not land on the Moon, but a crew of four will test systems in low Earth orbit for fourteen to seventeen days in summer twenty twenty-seven.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it's a dress rehearsal for the Moon. I respect a team that practices before the big night.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe crew is Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio, and the Moon landing is now set for Artemis IV in twenty twenty-eight.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHarry Kane has won the Ballon d'Or, beating Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal in London, and he's the first Englishman to win it in twenty-five years.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe award's chief says Mbappé led for most of the voting before Kane surged late, and the gap was smaller than the forty-one points in twenty twenty-four.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA late comeback. And an official website listed three winners hours early, so Kane won twice, sort of.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree winners. Very efficient.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd researchers have filmed dwarf reed snakes, none longer than a pencil, flipping onto their sides and rolling away like wheels. All thirteen snakes tested did it.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSix related snakes never rolled. They just have to live with that.
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