In the last seven days we've seen dazzling auroral displays, followed the Soyuz rocket and found a possible alien planet. But which story comes out on top? <p>Root for your favorite space news story of the week here in our latest voting round! <p>FIRST STOP: Is Huge Mars Rover NASA's Last Big Mission to Red Planet?
Is Curiosity NASA's last-ever big, ambitious mission to Mars? [<a href=http://www.space.com/16584-mars-rover-curiosity-nasa-sample-return.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Dazzling Northern Lights and Bright Planets Wow Weekend Stargazers
Spectacular views of the northern lights and dazzling planets in the night sky wowed night sky observers over the weekend. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16614-northern-lights-pictures-venus-jupiter-moon.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Soyuz Capsule Docks at Space Station with International Space Crew
Three astronauts arrived at the International Space Station early Tuesday (July 17) for a four-month stay, bringing the huge orbiting outpost back to its full complement of six spaceflyers. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16609-soyuz-spacecraft-space-station-docking-expedition-32.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Earth's Hot Formation May Solve Water Shortage Mystery
Astronomers have discovered a rare galaxy in deep space, an 11 billion-year-old spiral galaxy that shouldn't exist so early in the universe's history. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16641-oldest-spiral-galaxy-hubble-telescope.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Possible Alien Planet Smaller Than Earth May Be Lava World
ATK recently announced that its planned commercial rocket and spaceship will also include a pod for ferrying cargo to and from the International Space Station. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16631-private-liberty-rocket-space-capsule-milestone.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Oldest Spiral Galaxy in Universe Discovered
Earth probably formed in a drier, hotter part of the forming solar system, explaining why are planet is so oddly dry, a new study suggests. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16629-earth-dry-formation-snow-line.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Private Liberty Rocket and Spaceship Pass Key NASA Test
Scientists have discovered what appears to be an alien planet just two-thirds the size of Earth, a heat-blasted world perhaps covered in molten lava, a new study reports. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16642-alien-planet-lava-world-smaller-earth.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Russia Converts Unmanned Rocket to Carry New Crewed Spaceship
Russia's next new manned spacecraft will launch atop a different rocket than planned, one originally designed for only robotic spacecraft. The country's new six-cosmonaut spacecraft is due to lift off on its first test flight in 2018, using a launcher named Angara A5 developed for unmanned missions. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16658-russia-crew-spacecraft-angara-rocket.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Boldly Go: Space Shuttle Enterprise Opens to Public at NYC Museum
New York City, meet space shuttle Enterprise.On Thursday (July 19), the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Manhattan's west side opened its new "Space Shuttle Pavilion" to the public, giving tourists and the Big Apple's residents a chance to "up-close and personal" with NASA's first shuttle. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16663-space-shuttle-enterprise-exhibit-nyc.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Asteroid Flies By Earth This Weekend: How to Watch Online
A city-block size asteroid will fly by Earth this weekend well beyond the orbit of the moon and you can watch it zip safely by live in an online webcast. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16662-asteroid-earth-flyby-weekend-2002-am31.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Search for Dark Matter Particles Turns Up Zilch
The most sensitive search yet for the elusive particles that may make up dark matter has turned up nothing, putting stronger limits than ever on the ingredients of nature's invisible stuff. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16661-dark-matter-search-reveals-nothing.html>Full Story</a> <p>NEXT STOP: Student Science Experiments Riding Japanese Rocket to Space Station
Alien superbugs and space spiders are the subjects of two student-designed science experiments due to launch today toward the International Space Station aboard a Japanese spacecraft. [<a href=http://www.space.com/16682-youtube-student-experiments-japan-rocket.html>Full Story</a>
