{
  "id": 802627,
  "title": "For West Virginia Engineer, Home Is Where the Heart Is… and NASA, Too",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/for-west-virginia-engineer-home-is-where-the-heart-is-and-nasa-too-802627",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T19:03:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA Science",
    "slug": "nasa-science",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/for-west-virginia-engineer-home-is-where-the-heart-is-and-nasa-too/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Growing up in Grafton, West Virginia, engrossed in Star Wars and all things science fiction, Fletcher Newell had an early interest in space exploration. That interest only grew when, in 2013, his fourth-grade class took a field trip to a nearby NASA facility he had not yet heard of – NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification […] The post For West Virginia Engineer, Home Is Where the Heart…",
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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."
}