Space photos of the week, September 6–12.
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Space Photos of the Week: Even MOAR Pluto
Surprise $2B Bid Could Be Trouble for Bezos’ Space Company
The rocket engine-maker Aerojet Rocketdyne has bid $2 billion to buy United Launch Alliance, the government's favorite rocket launcher.
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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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SETI’s Top Astrobiologist Has a Plan to Find Life on Mars
Nathalie Cabrol just took the reins of the Carl Sagan Center at the extraterrestrial search organization. And she has some big ideas about where it's going.
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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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NASA’s Failed Orion Parachute Test Was a Success
NASA didn't deploy two of the parachutes---on purpose.
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Space Photos of the Week: Curiosity’s Got a Selfie Stick
Space photos of the week, August 15–22.
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Something Deep Inside Pluto Is Replenishing Its Atmosphere
A new paper pretty much rules out the notion that periodic comet impacts could be replenishing Pluto's nitrogen atmosphere.
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Space Photos of the Week: A Comet Gets a Little Gassy
Space photos of the week, August 9–13.
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