The year 2014 was a stellar one for spaceflight, what with ESA's Rosetta mission putting a robotic lander on a distant comet and NASA successfully testing its Orion spacecraft.
But 2014 was also a great year for space photography, as you can see from these remarkable 29 images (scroll down) picked for your viewing pleasure by your friends at HuffPost Science.
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Join us for a trip through the cosmos--and be prepared to pick your jaw up off the floor.
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Goddard Space Flight Center/AP
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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NASA
ESA/NASA
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NASA/JPL/University of Colorado
Reid Wiseman/NASA
NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Rick Stevenson/Flickr
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ESA/Hubble & NASA
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/S.Mineo et al, Optical: NASA/STScI, Infr
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NASA/JPL
AP Photo/NASA
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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NASA, ESA, and E. Sabbi (STScI)
X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/K.Getman, E.Feigelson, M.Kuhn and the MYStIX team; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute
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AP Photo/ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team
NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA/Reid Wiseman
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NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst
ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgements: D. Calzetti (UMass) and the LEGUS Team
Photos curated by Damon Scheleur and Macrina Cooper-White.