News about space, nature, football, food, and discoveries (Wednesday, June 10)

NASA says that the Italian Luca Parmitano will participate in Artemis III in 2027. The four-member crew will test around the Earth next year, and Parmitano is the pilot. Randy Bresnik is the commander, and Artemis IV will go to the South Pole in 2028.

There is unrest on the Wadden Islands about plans by the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management to close nature reserves. This is meant for recovery, says the Nederlands Dagblad. The Living Planet Report states that freshwater nature is declining due to pollution, climate change, and invasive species.

The first round of matches is known, and Ajax will play its first big game on September 5. On August 8, Willem II will play away against Go Ahead Eagles. PSV will play at home against Fortuna Sittard, Feyenoord against Sparta, and Groningen against Utrecht.

According to research by the Netherlands Nutrition Center, Dutch people waste less food at home. That was 28 kilograms in 2022 and 36 kilograms in 2015. Last year it was 25 to 25.5 kilograms; by 2030 it must be 18 kilograms.

Near Emmen, archaeologists found more than 3,000 objects in the Nieuwe Drostendiep. They date from the Stone Age to the Second World War, and a gold ring was among them. More than 600 finds are special, and near the Philippines was probably the Hofuku Maru; ten soldiers from Brabant died there in 1944.