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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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Astronomers have made the most detailed study yet of an extremely massive young galaxy cluster using three of NASA's...
On Jan. 23-24, 2017, NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory watched as a solar prominence rose up along the edge of the sun...
Several times a day for a few days the Earth completely blocked the Sun for about an hour due to NASA's Solar...
This image shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4631 as seen edge-on from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory...
This image is a color composite of the supernova remnant E0102-72: x-ray (blue), optical (green), and radio (red)....
NASA Aquarius/SAC-D observatory is moved into the thermal-vacuum chamber at Brazil National Institute for Space...
This photo shows the High Resolution Camera (HRC) for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), formerly Advanced X-Ray...
This photo shows the High Resolution Camera (HRC) for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), formerly Advanced X-Ray...
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory STEREO satellites have provided the first three-dimensional images of...
This map shows solar-induced fluorescence, a plant process that occurs during photosynthesis, from Aug. through Oct....
This graphic illustrates where astronomers at last found oxygen molecules in space -- near the star-forming core of...
New measurements from NASA Herschel Space Observatory have discovered water with the same chemical signature as our...
Using NASA Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have discovered that comet Hartley 2 possesses a ratio of heavy...
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
This artist concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. Evidence for this warm ring of debris...
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory satellites have provided the first 3-dimensional images of the Sun....