Comet captured on video November 05, 2010 Watch Comet Hartley 2 approach and recede in a video based on imagery captured by NASA’s Deep Impact/EPOXI probe during its close encounter. (NASA)

Trio blasts off for space station October 07, 2010 Watch the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying an American and two Russians to the International Space Station. (NASA)

Russian spacecraft heads for space station June 16, 2010 A Soyuz rocket lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending two Americans and a Russian toward the International Space Station. (NASA)

Russian spacecraft heads for space station June 16, 2010 A Soyuz rocket lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending two Americans and a Russian toward the International Space Station. (NASA)

Soyuz rocket lifts off April 02, 2010 The Russian rocket Soyuz heads for the International Space Station, where it is expected to dock on Sunday. (NASA)

Watch the shuttle do its flip February 09, 2010 The shuttle Endeavour makes a 360-degree backflip so that the International Space Station’s astronauts can give it an all-around inspection for damage. This video has been sped up by a factor of ...

Pluto in motion February 05, 2010 Watch an animation showing Pluto’s rotation, based on imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA)

Pluto in motion February 05, 2010 Watch an animation showing Pluto’s rotation, based on imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA)