Best Space Photos of the Week – Sept. 05, 2015

Ride Along on New Horizons Probe's Epic Pluto Flyby (Video)

Stuart Robbins/NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

A new video shows a spacecraft’s-eye view of the New Horizons probe’s epic July Pluto flyby. [Read the full story.]

This Photo of Saturn's Moon Dione Crossing the Planet Is Simply Jaw-Dropping

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured a breathtaking image of the Saturn moon Dione crossing the face of its giant parent planet. [Read the full story.]

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