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  "id": 12380392,
  "title": "NASA Balloon Campaign Concludes with Final Science Flight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/nasa-balloon-campaign-concludes-with-final-science-flight",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T12:46:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA Science",
    "slug": "nasa-science",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/scientific-balloons/2026/10/06/nasa-balloon-campaign-concludes-with-final-science-flight/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The final mission of NASA’s fall balloon campaign successfully concluded, the reflight of the CORSAIR/WASP. The mission launched from the agency’s facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, at 7:30 a.m. MDT (9:30 a.m. EDT) on Oct. 5, 2026, after it aborted on Sept. 19. The balloon and payload reached a float altitude of around 102,000 […] The post NASA Balloon Campaign Concludes with Final Science…",
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  "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."
}