{
  "id": 4616140,
  "title": "Trump gatecrashed a NASA press conference after SpaceX launched a $4.3 billion space telescope",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-gatecrashed-a-nasa-press-conference-after-spacex-launched-a-4-3",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:39:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-called-nasa-press-conference-after-spacex-launch-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump joined a NASA press conference via a phone call after the launch of a $4.3 billion deep space telescope. The Nancy Grace Roman telescope, designed to study dark matter and dark energy, was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Before the launch, Trump congratulated NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on the successful mission. The telescope, which has been in development for over a decade, will block out starlight to directly observe exoplanets potentially harboring life.",
  "summary": "President Donald Trump phoned NASA boss Jared Isaacman during a press conference, saying the SpaceX launch looked \"beautiful on television.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/why-it-matters-that-president-trump-just-dialed-into-a-nasa-news",
        "published": "2026-08-30T17:40:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump hails NASA's space telescope launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-hails-nasas-space-telescope-launch",
        "published": "2026-08-31T03:02:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}