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Credits: NASA

Carnival of Space #123 is hosted by Chris Dann at Weird Warp.

This week you can read about space tourism, the Messenger spacecraft, the Cassini mission, the Mars Science Laboratory, heliospheric crossings and their consequences, space travel, nanotechnology, the space elevator, and much more.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Carnival of Space #122 is hosted at Cumbrian Sky.

This week you can read about possible practical applications for the water found on the Moon, the past ten years of Chandra science, space shuttle artifacts, relativistic effects on solar sails, the famous HR Diagram, the much-anticipated crash of LCROSS into the Moon, and much more.

Credits: NASA/MSFC

Carnival of Space #121 is hosted by Brian Wang at Next Big Future.

This week you can read about laser-powered launch technology, the Lunar Lander Challenge and the success of Armadillo Aerospace, first observation results from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, ambitious Japanese space-based solar power plants, a beginner’s guide to ISS, an investigation that could lead to the unification of general relativity theory and quantum mechanics, and much more.

Credits: NASA

Carnival of Space #120 is hosted by Bruce Irving at Music of the Spheres.

This week you can see images captured by the rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope, read about lunar eclipses, sunspots, private funding for the settlement of Mars, and NASA’s Constellation program, understand how emerging space-based technologies can improve the lives of everyone on Earth, and much more.

Credits: NASA/JSC

Carnival of Space #119 is hosted by Emily Lakdawalla at The Planetary Society Blog.

This week you can see an image of Cygnus X-1, where the first black hole was discovered, read about the STS-128 mission, an update on the Project Constellation launch systems, space-based solar power, an overview of advanced propulsion options, efforts to adapt plants to survive the harsh conditions on Mars, and much more.

Credits: NASA

Carnival of Space #118 is live at Cumbrian Sky.

This week you can read about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, fractal patterns, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the ten-year anniversary of the release of the historic first-light image by Chandra, space tethers and their many uses, learn how robotic spacecraft get to a specific and precise destination, and much more.