Recent robotic space exploration news from around the world and around the solar system:

• Carnival of Space #87
• Growing Up With the Mars Rovers
• Chandrayaan-1 Instrument Detects First X-ray Signature from Moon
• International Year of Astronomy
• Astronomy, the big picture
• New Horizons Launch Plus Three Years: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
• View from West of Victoria Crater, Sol 1664

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