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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.
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ISS008-E-11807 (3 January 2004) --- The Upsala Glacier in Argentina was featured in this image photographed by an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the...
Engineers in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California build the nadir deck for NASA's...
These impact craters in the northern middle latitudes have interesting interiors: all of them have wind-blown...
These images, from David Weitz’s liquid crystal research, show ordered uniform sized droplets (upper left) before...
jsc2020e030484 (4/20/2020) --- A preflight image sequence from terrestrial experiments with two vertically oriented...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vertical Processing Facility, the replacement Reaction Wheel Actuator for the...
STS032-85-029 (12 Jan. 1990) --- (ORIENT PHOTO WITH COLUMBIA'S CARGO BAY IN LOWER CENTER). This 70mm frame was taken...
In this image many sand dunes are visible. They have an elongated crescent form and are called "barchan dunes." They...
This is the STS-37 Crew portrait. Pictured from left to right are Kenneth D. (Ken) Cameron, pilot; Jay Apt, mission...
Vice President Kamala Harris visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on Nov. 5, to get a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians attach the Control Moment...
ISS027-E-017843 (28 April 2011) --- NASA astronaut Ron Garan, Expedition 27 flight engineer, supports the Dynamism...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Part of the $13 million expansion to KSC's Visitor Complex, the new information center...
STS082-742-047 (11-21 Feb. 1997) --- On Flight Day 5, astronaut Joseph R. Tanner (left) holds a 500 pound piece of...
S73-20695 (1 March 1973) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, checks out...
Engineers working with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner test the spacecraft's seat design in Mesa, Arizona, focusing on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians attach the Control Moment...
Vice President Kamala Harris will visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on Nov. 5, to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Vertical Processing Facility check the attachment of the the Hubble...
David L. Iverson of NASA Ames Research center, Moffett Field, California, led development of computer software to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, the Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG) is...
In late October, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will navigate to asteroid Bennu’s surface for its first sample collection...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians watch as the Control Moment...