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  "id": 9029402,
  "title": "NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/nasas-mars-sample-return-mission-is-dead",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T19:14:12.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-s-mars-sample-return-mission-dead"
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  "summary": "Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/nasa-s-mars-sample-return-mission-dead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49791939 Points: 247 # Comments: 179",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "China gets closer to Jupiter mission by bringing Nasa’s StarNAV concept to life",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/china-gets-closer-to-jupiter-mission-by-bringing-nasas-starnav",
        "published": "2026-09-21T14:02:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hacker News",
        "title": "The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/the-nasa-esa-mars-sample-return-mission-has-been-canceled",
        "published": "2026-09-21T19:14:12.000Z"
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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."
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