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VideoVideo: New Horizons animation
This animation depicts NASA's New Horizons spacecraft leaving Earth, swinging by Jupiter and making its much-anticipated flyby of Pluto.
VideoRosetta approaches comet 67P for a closer look
The Rosetta spacecraft neared its comet Saturday, targeting a close flyby within four miles of the tiny world's jagged nucleus to gain new up-close views of the comet and taste the growing vaporous cloud surrounding it.
VideoVideo: Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2015
Four space shuttle astronauts will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame during a public ceremony held at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction.
VideoVideo: Falcon 9 launch replays
Various alternate camera angles capture the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with the Deep Space Climate Observatory.
VideoVideo: Falcon 9 launch of DSCOVR
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral with the Deep Space Climate Observatory, beginning a new day in space weather forecasting. Liftoff occurred at 6:03:32 p.m. EST on Feb. 11.
VideoVideo: Europe’s IXV prepared for launch
Watch a time lapse video chronicling several days of activity to ready the European Space Agency's sleek IXV re-entry demonstrator for flight.
VideoVideo: SpaceX launch scrubbed for upper level winds
Unfavorable high-altitude winds force officials to halt the countdown to launch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Deep Space Climate Observatory on Feb. 10.
VideoVideo: DSCOVR prepared for launch
This narrated video clip shows NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory being readied for launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
VideoVideo: SpaceX Dragon departs space station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is released from the International Space Station's robotic arm to fly home Tuesday.
VideoSpaceX plans a busy day Tuesday
Tuesday is shaping up to be a busy day for SpaceX, with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a space weather satellite, an experimental booster flyback maneuver to test reusable launch technologies, and the splashdown of a Dragon capsule returning from the International Space Station.