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  "id": 5056427,
  "title": "NASA Bets $700 Million On Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin For Mars Missions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/nasa-bets-700-million-on-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-for-mars-missions",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-02T09:02:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
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    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2026/09/02/nasa-bets-700-million-on-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-for-mars-missions/"
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  "summary": "NASA selects Blue Origin for a $700M Mars Telecommunications Network contract, aiming to boost communications and navigation for Mars missions by 2030.",
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        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-01T21:08:37.000Z"
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        "title": "NASA Selects Blue Origin As Mars Telecommunications Network Provider",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-mars-telecommunications-network-provider",
        "published": "2026-09-02T07:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}