SpaceX Photobombs the Moon and More of the Week's Best Space Images

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Blue Origin, founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has been running tanking tests of its upcoming New Glenn launch vehicle, seen here at the company’s integration facility in Florida. Should all go as planned, this 322-foot-tall (98-meter) rocket could launch in a few months.

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An artist's rendering of people watching form inside an enclosure on Mars as a rocket launches in the distance

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Firefly Blue Ghost 1 Mission On The Pad With The Moon in the Background

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Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft taken on July 13, 2015.

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