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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.
The library includes imagery from diverse sources: telescopes like Hubble and Webb that capture deep-space nebulae, galaxies, and exoplanets; planetary missions like the Mars rovers ( browse Mars photos) and Cassini at Saturn; Earth observation satellites ( see EPIC imagery); astronaut photography from the ISS; and documentation of rocket launches, spacecraft assembly, and ground testing. Most NASA images are in the public domain and free to download at full resolution for educational, editorial, and personal use.
Use the search bar above to find specific subjects — try queries like "Apollo 11," "Hubble Deep Field," "Mars surface," or "astronaut EVA." You can also filter by media type (image, video, or audio). For a daily curated experience, visit the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
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NASA’s Psyche mission is preparing to launch on October 5 to embark on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a unique...
Monitoring by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE has shown that gully formation on Mars occurs in winter and...
This artist animation illustrates the universe early years, from its explosive formation to its dark ages to its...
Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of...
This illustration shows how NASA's Psyche spacecraft will explore the asteroid Psyche, beginning with Orbit A when...
The bright streak of glowing gas and stars in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is known as PGC 51017, or...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This logo represents the mission of the Dawn spacecraft. During its nearly decade-long...
For decades, planetary scientists have suspected that ancient Mars was a much warmer, wetter environment than it is...
STS-32 crew took this view of the moon setting over the Earth's limb. Near the center is a semi-vortex in the clouds...
Extensive wind-swept plains of the Medusae Fossae formation on Mars. This northern subframe image, frame 3104, is of...
Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of...
This photo shows Psyche's multispectral imager, in the process of assembly and testing on Sept. 13, 2021, at Malin...
STS003-22-122 (30 March 1982) --- STS-3 Commander Lousma, wearing communications kit assembly (ASSY) mini-headset...
Asteroids are the leftover building blocks of the solar system, remnants from the dawn of planet formation that may...
Shown is a view of the Vehicle Assembly at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Oct. 16, 2021 – in the...
STS039-151-179 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- A large format frame of one of the USSR's volcanic complex (Kamchatka area)...
The Moon, lower left, and Jupiter, upper right, are seen the night before the planned launch of a United Launch...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California integrate the magnetometer instrument into the...
This dramatic image shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view of dwarf galaxy known as NGC 1140, which lies...
This dramatic image shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view of dwarf galaxy known as NGC 1140, which lies...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope doesn’t usually get much assistance from its celestial subjects — but to take...
ISS021-E-023475 (11 Nov. 2009) --- Lake Ilopango, El Salvador is featured in this image photographed by an...
The Hubble Space Telescope has trained its eyes on the Trifid Nebula, a dazzling star nursery 9,000 light-years from...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California integrate the gamma ray and neutron...