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  "id": 14528561,
  "title": "Saudi Arabia launches first biological samples of their kind from Middle East to space",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/saudi-arabia-launches-first-biological-samples-of-their-kind-from",
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  "published": "2026-10-14T19:26:51.000Z",
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    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
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  "summary": "RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Space Agency (SSA) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), has launched the first biological samples of their kind from the Middle East to space. This was part of the BioGravity-1 mission aboard SpaceX CRS-35 to the International Space Station, with support from NASA. The launch complements a long-term research program…",
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