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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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NASA's new SOFIA observatory shared the ramp with its predecessor, the now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory,...
NASA's now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory shared the limelight with its successor, the SOFIA observatory,...
What astronomy highlights can you see in the sky in May 2020? Finding yourself longing for open spaces? With so many...
ISS013-E-29297 (1 June 2006) --- Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and...
STS111-E-5088 (7 June 2002) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cockrell, STS-111 mission commander, prepares to open hatchway...
The mobile service tower doors are open at Space Launch Complex-3 (SLC-3) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in...
In this view looking up, the mobile service tower doors are open at Space Launch Complex-3 (SLC-3) at Vandenberg...
This image from NASA Terra satellite shows the Morenci open-pit copper mine in southeast Arizona, North America...
The CRISM, a mineral mapping instrument on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, began observing Mars after its lens...
These are the first pictures that NASA Cassini spacecraft took of Jupiter ring, a portion of which appears in each...
Do you see what I see? A giant fish with open mouth looks to the left in the center of this image from NASA Mars...
This image of the Mountain Pass rare open-pit earth mine was acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft in southeastern...
Chuquicamata, in Chile's Atacama Desert, is the largest open pit copper mine in the world, by excavated volume. The...
Inside the high bay of the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a...
STS098-352-0025 (11 February 2001) --- STS-98 mission commander Kenneth D. Cockrell (left) assists as Expedition One...
Inside the high bay of the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California,...
S72-17509 (19 Jan. 1972) --- These three men are the crewmen for the first manned Skylab mission. They are astronaut...
S116-E-05289 (10 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams (right) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut...
S72-17512 (19 Jan. 1972) --- These three men are the crewmen for the first manned Skylab mission. They are astronaut...
S118-E-06097 (10 Aug. 2007) --- Barbara R. Morgan, STS-118 mission specialist, participates in what looks like a...
S72-17494 (19 Jan. 1972) --- These three men make up the crew of the Skylab 4 mission. They are, left to right,...
S116-E-05569 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, prepares to open the...
A C-17 Globemaster aircraft from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 249th Airlift Squadron flies overhead as pararescue...
Pararescue specialists from the 304th Rescue Squadron, located in Portland, Oregon and supporting the 45th...