{
  "id": 3750769,
  "title": "Looking up: French sailors ditch GPS to rediscover celestial art of navigation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/looking-up-french-sailors-ditch-gps-to-rediscover-celestial-art-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T14:03:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260827-looking-up-french-sailors-ditch-gps-to-rediscover-celestial-art-of-navigation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Astronaut Sophie Adenot made history this month as the first French woman to perform a spacewalk. Back on Earth, space enthusiasts across France are finding their own ways to reach for the stars. In the fourth of a five-part series, RFI meets amateur sailors learning to navigate by the stars, using a technique that allows them to find their position without GPS or onboard electronics.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}