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Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.

NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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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Dec 17, 2019

CCP Boeing OFT Prelaunch News Conference

Pat Forrester, Astronaut Office chief, Johnson Space Center, speaks during a prelaunch briefing for Boeing’s Orbital...

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Dec 17, 2019

CCP Boeing OFT Prelaunch News Conference

Joel Montalbano, deputy manager, International Space Station Program, speaks during a prelaunch briefing for...

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Apr 14, 2022

Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal

The Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft are in view atop the mobile launcher on Launch Pad 39B...

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Jul 12, 1966

Gemini 10 prime crew participate in Simultaneous Launch Demonstration

S66-42702 (12 July 1966) --- Gemini-10 prime crew, astronauts John W. Young (left), command pilot, and Michael...

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Jul 12, 1966

Astronaut Michael Collins during Simultaneous Launch Demonstration

S66-42704 (12 July 1966) --- Astronaut Michael Collins, prime crew pilot for the Gemini-10 spaceflight, is seen...

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Nov 14, 1988

STS-27 Atlantis, OV-104, terminal countdown demonstration test (TCDT) at KSC

S88-53088 (2 Dec. 1988) --- The STS-27 crew strides down the ramp from the Operations and Checkout Building at...

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Feb 15, 2020

SpaceX Demo-2 Crew Dragon Acoustic Testing

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for its first crew launch from American soil arrived at the launch site on Feb....

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Jul 15, 2005

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Patricia Slinger (left), a test engineer, and Monica Hagley, an avionics test engineer,...

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Sep 12, 2003

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - A worker in the spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base checks the Gravity Probe B experiment during prelaunch testing. The Gravity Probe B will launch a payload of four gyroscopes into low-Earth polar orbit to test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Once in orbit, for 18 months each gyroscope’s spin axis will be monitored as it travels through local spacetime, observing and measuring these effects. The experiment was developed by Stanford University, Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The targeted launch date is Dec. 6, 2003.