Best Space Pictures of the Week - Sep. 1, 2012

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Launch photo for Russian Soyuz rocket carrying Progress 44 cargo ship

Photos: Russian Robot Cargo Ship Progress 44 Lost After Launch

Sunrise over the High-Fidelity Space Shuttle Model

Image of the Day: June 2012

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry

How NASA Flies Space Shuttles on 747 Jets (Photos)

Photos: NASA's Advanced Landsat Earth-Watching Satellite

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Feb. 24, 2012, with the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System-1 (MUOS-1) satellite.

Amazing Launch Photos: Blastoff for Navy's Next-Gen MUOS-1 Satellite

SpaceX's reusable Grasshopper reaches 1,066 feet (325 meters) in June 14, 2013 test flight.

SpaceX's Grasshopper, the Amazing Reusable Rocket (Photos)

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Neil Armstrong's Photo Legacy: Rare Views of First Man on the Moon

Credit: NASA

There is only one photograph of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, and in it, he has his back to the camera. [Full Story]

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Hubble Telescope's Hidden Photo Treasures: 2012 Winners Gallery

Credit: Josh Lake/NASA & ESA

Swirling galaxies, glowing nebulas and shimmering stars: these are the winners in a public contest to unearth beautiful images from the horde of unprocessed data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope. [Full Photo Gallery]

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'Tatooine' Solar System: 2 Alien Planets with Twin Suns Found

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle

An artist's illustration of the alien solar system Kepler-47, a twin star system that is home to two planets. The planets have two suns like the fictional planet Tatooine in the "Star Wars" universe. [Full Photo Gallery]

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Stunning Night Sky Views by Photographer Jeffrey Berkes

Credit: Jeff Berkes

Photographer Jeffrey Berkes of Pennsylvania has snapped spectacular views of the night sky over the years. See some of his amazing night sky images here. [Full Photo Gallery]

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Amazing Photos: Royal Observatory’s 2012 Space Photographer of the Year Finalists

Credit: Thomas O'Brien

Judging is underway to choose the most beautiful photos of the night sky from among thousands of entries in the 2012 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest. [Full Photo Gallery]

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NASA Captures Amazing View of Tropical Storm Isaac at Night

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

A NASA satellite captured a spectacular photo of what is now Hurricane Isaac from space, a nighttime view showing the then-tropical storm's clouds lit up by moonlight as it approached the U.S. Gulf Coast. [Full Photo Gallery]

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Millions of Black Holes Seen by WISE Telescope (Photos)

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

The entire sky as mapped by WISE at infrared wavelengths is shown here, with an artist's concept of the WISE satellite superimposed. Image released August 29, 2012. [Full Photo Gallery]

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Spacewalking Astronauts Fix Up Space Station (Photos)

Credit: NASA TV

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams floats outside the International Space Station's Quest airlock just after beginning a maintenance spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012, in this view from a NASA camera on the station's exterior. [Full Photo Gallery]

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Liftoff! NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes Launch Photos

Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Robert Murray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft creates a halo of light at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [Full Photo Gallery]

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'Blue Moon' of 2012: See the First Photos

Credit: Tomsajinsa

The first photos are starting to appear from today's (Aug. 31) blue moon, the last such sight until 2015. [Full Photo Gallery]