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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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Oct 10, 2000

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STS-92 Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy exits the Astrovan on its return to the Operations and Checkout Building. Behind her...

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NASA image: Earth from Space in 4K – Expedition 65 Edition

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Aug 5, 2022

Earth from Space in 4K – Expedition 65 Edition

The people who get to see the Earth from space marvel at its beauty, the colors, the fragility they feel about the...

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Jan 1, 2001

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ISS002-S-001 (January 2001) --- The International Space Station Expedition Two patch depicts the Space Station as it...

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Apr 21, 2021

Crew-2 Mission Overview

Description: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station is ready to launch. Join NASA’s Shane...

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Jun 2, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Italian-built module, U.S. Node 2, begins its transfer from the Shuttle Landing Facility to the Space Station Processing Facility. Inthe background, left, is the Beluga aircraft that brought it to KSC. The second of three connecting modules on the International Space Station, Node 2 attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab and provides attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accommodation Module and, later, Multipurpose Logistics Modules. It will provide the primary docking location for the Shuttle when a pressurized mating adapter is attached to Node 2. Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.

NASA image: The Day Alan Shepard Made American History

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May 5, 2021

The Day Alan Shepard Made American History

In the annals of American spaceflight history, day one was 60 years ago today. On May 5, 1961, U.S. Navy commander...

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Mar 19, 1998

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A control moment gyro (CMG) is processed in KSC's Space Station Processing Facility....

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Aug 19, 1997

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Workers rotate the Node 1, part of the primary payload of the first Space Shuttle launch of an International Space...

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NASA image: VEG-03 J/K/L Packing for NG-13

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Jan 21, 2020

VEG-03 J/K/L Packing for NG-13

VEG-03 J/K/L Packing Researchers at Kennedy Space Center pack the VEG-03 J/K/L experiment for shipment to Wallops...

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