{
  "id": 4942449,
  "title": "NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-mars-telecommunications-network-provider",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-01T21:08:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA",
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    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-mars-telecommunications-network-provider/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation services for current and future Mars missions. The firm-fixed-price contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $700 million to deliver a high-performance Mars…",
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      {
        "outlet": "NASA Science",
        "title": "NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-mars-telecommunications-network-provider-4949459",
        "published": "2026-09-01T21:08:37.000Z"
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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."
}