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  "id": 12894088,
  "title": "NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12: SpaceX Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/nasas-spacex-crew-12-spacex-dragon-completes-deorbit-burn",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-08T14:56:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA Science",
    "slug": "nasa-science",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2026/10/08/nasas-spacex-crew-12-spacex-dragon-completes-deorbit-burn/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev completed its deorbit burn as expected ahead of splashdown. Four minutes before splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 feet in altitude while Dragon is moving approximately 350 mph. Less than a…",
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      {
        "outlet": "NASA Science",
        "title": "NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Prepares for Deorbit Burn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/nasas-spacex-crew-12-prepares-for-deorbit-burn",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:21:19.000Z"
      }
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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."
}