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  "id": 17169084,
  "title": "Space station experiment to probe plant disease risks for future moon and Mars missions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/space-station-experiment-to-probe-plant-disease-risks-for-future-moon",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T03:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-space-station-probe-disease-future.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "University of Florida researchers are investigating plant disease, a challenge that could impact the ability of astronauts to grow fresh food during long-duration human missions beyond Earth, according to Phys.org.\n\nSeparately, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk completed a 7-hour-and-11-minute spacewalk on Thursday, Oct. 29, to install and deploy the second-to-last upgraded solar array for the International Space Station. Space.com reports the extravehicular activity was the 100th U.S. spacewalk from the station and marked the first spacewalk by a Canadian astronaut since April 2019. The rolled-up solar array assembly was delivered to the station earlier this month inside a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Space.com",
        "title": "Astronauts deploy solar array on 100th US spacewalk by International Space Station crew members",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/astronauts-deploy-solar-array-on-100th-us-spacewalk-by-international",
        "published": "2026-10-29T20:01:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}