Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.
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.
Showing results for "PERFORMANCE TESTS"
3,512 results found - Page 1 of 147
NASA’s F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle, also known as the “Silk Purse,” performs a thrust vectoring test in...
Boeing engineers, Chris Chapman, left, Greg Clark, center, and Ashesh Patel, right, perform air flow balance testing...
A new bio-based synthetic engine oil is added to one of the vehicles that Armstrong is using to assist in...
Scott Rogers pours a new bio-based synthetic engine oil into one of the vehicles that Armstrong is using to assist...
ISS026-E-018760 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, performs...
ISS026-E-018749 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, performs...
ISS026-E-018751 (18 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, performs...
ISS030-E-022574 (28 Dec. 2011) -- NASA astronaut Don Pettit (foreground),Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs the...
ISS030-E-022575 (28 Dec. 2011) -- NASA astronaut Don Pettit (foreground),Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs the...
ISS030-E-178648 (30 March 2012) --- NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 30 flight engineer, performs a session of...
This console and its compliment of computers, monitors and commmunications equipment make up the Research...
The team developing NASA Mars Science Laboratory calls this test rover Scarecrow because the vehicle does not...
A blink pair of images taken before and after NASA Curiosity performed a mini drill test on a Martian rock shows...
This picture shows a model of NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit being tested for performance on five wheels at NASA...
The Subscale Booster Motor Test at Marshall Space Flight Center was the third in the series to evaluate the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view shows the tiles below the windshield on the orbiter Atlantis. A gap test is...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, United Space Alliance technician Chris Moore...
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration that will be part of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space...
The Surrogate robot Surge, built at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA., is being developed in order to...
The Mission Verification Test (MVT) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) AVATAR (A Virtual...
A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars...
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lives up to its name by enduring a series of tests to prepare for its journey to...
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center...
Interview with Gentry Barnett Chief Technology Officer, Space Tango. The Mission Verification Test (MVT) for the...