Space photos of the week, September 13–19.
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Space Photos of the Week: Pluto’s Stunning Icy Mountains
Watch: Pluto’s Sunset as Seen by New Horizons
New Horizons is sending back tens of gigabits of data collected during the Pluto flyby, including increasingly kick-ass photos of the icy rock.
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Watch: New Horizons Begins to Send Back All Its Pluto Pics
It'll take a year for New Horizons to send back all the information it gathered on Pluto when it flew by the dwarf planet in July.
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What’s So Special About Low Earth Orbit?
Just about all of our human exploration of space has been in low Earth orbit, but what exactly is it and why is it special?
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Space Photos of the Week: Even MOAR Pluto
Space photos of the week, September 6–12.
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The First Pluto Photos From New Horizons’ Massive Data Dump
The New Horizons space probe has started a year-long data dump of imagery and other large files taken during its July flyby.
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NASA’s Dirt-Scanning Satellite Is Down to a Single Peeper
The flashy new soil mapping satellite has a black eye that isn't going to heal.
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Space Photos of the Week: A Galaxy That’s a Bit Outta Whack
Space photos of the week, September 30–August 5.
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Watch the Next Three Astronauts Launch to the ISS
NASA will stream the launch live starting at 11:45 PM east coast time.
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Space Photos of the Week: A Nebula Becomes a Butterfly
Space photos of the week, August 23–29.
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