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  "id": 16242486,
  "title": "NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/nasa-updates-lander-plans-for-moon-landings-finally-solves-long",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T22:48:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
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    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/nasa-updates-lander-plans-for-moon-landings-finally-solves-long-festering-orion-issue/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "NASA has unveiled updated plans for its Artemis Program, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2028. The new architecture includes significant changes, most notably the revised plan for SpaceX's Starship vehicle to dock with the Orion spacecraft in high-Earth orbit before transiting to the Moon. Blue Origin's mission architecture involves four launches of the New Glenn rocket, with no spacecraft-to-spacecraft refuelings, but also allows for the possibility of its Blue Moon lander rendezvousing with Orion in low-Lunar orbit.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "Watch NASA's Artemis moon plan update today",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/watch-nasas-artemis-moon-plan-update-today",
        "published": "2026-10-23T20:47:54.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "NASA adopting Apollo’s urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within two years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/nasa-adopting-apollos-urgency-to-build-a-moon-base-and-land-16250869",
        "published": "2026-10-23T22:01:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "NASA adopting Apollo’s urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within two years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/nasa-adopting-apollos-urgency-to-build-a-moon-base-and-land",
        "published": "2026-10-23T22:01:44.000Z"
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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."
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