This week in space: $3 billion for SpaceX to build a manned lunar lander, nuclear propulsion demo, Blue Origin aces test flight and loads more...

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Blue Origin succeeds in 15th New Shepard flight, critical test before carrying humans - NASASpaceFlight.com

Soyuz MS-17 safely returns three Station crewmembers to Kazakhstan - NASASpaceFlight.com

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Reading material:

Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy to launch NASA’s VIPER lunar rover - SpaceNews

DARPA selects Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin to develop spacecraft for nuclear propulsion demo - SpaceNews

General Atomics wins DARPA contract to develop nuclear reactor to power missions to the moon - SpaceNews

Sierra Nevada Corporation to spin off space division - SpaceNews

Nasa chooses SpaceX to build Moon lander - BBC News

Carbon Mapper satellite network to find super-emitters - BBC News

NASA to Attempt First Controlled Flight on Mars As Soon As Monday (spaceref.com)

NASA Satellites Detect Signs of Volcanic Unrest Years Before Eruptions - SpaceRef