{
  "id": 578004,
  "title": "Building the Moon Base: NASA Stories at the Ion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/building-the-moon-base-nasa-stories-at-the-ion",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T14:16:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA",
    "slug": "nasa",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/missions/moon-base/building-the-moon-base-nasa-stories-at-the-ion/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the lunar surface for longer stays and increasingly complex operations, building the Moon Base will require new ideas, advanced technologies, and expertise across many fields. During NASA Stories at the Ion on July 30, Shatel Bhakta, principal systems engineer for NASA’s Moon Base Program, presented “Building the Moon Base: Challenges and Opportunities at…",
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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."
}