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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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This galaxy, known as NGC 2337, resides 25 million light-years away in the constellation of Lynx. NGC 2337 is an...
This black-and-white image of Europa's surface was taken by the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) aboard NASA's Juno...
This video clip shows a visualisation of the three-dimensional structure of the Pillars of Creation within the star...
In celebration of the 27th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, astronomers...
A new era in stellar astronomy began five years ago when the Chandra X-ray Observatory first opened its sunshade to...
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles...
The lesser-known constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs), is home to a variety of deep-sky objects —...
ISS027-E-034290 (16 May 2011) --- Ar Rub al Khali Sand Sea, Arabian Peninsula is featured in this image photographed...
The Cat's Eye Nebula, one of the first planetary nebulae discovered, also has one of the most complex forms known to...
Some of the most breathtaking views in the Universe are created by nebulae — hot, glowing clouds of gas. This new...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured two festive-looking nebulas, situated so as to appear as one. They reside in...
nside the world's largest clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked...
This picture, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), shows a galaxy...
This striking NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the galaxy UGC 477, located just over 110 million...
Animations and b-roll for media and public use. NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe,...
This image from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) shows a section of NGC 1448, a spiral galaxy located about 50...
NGC 4639 is a beautiful example of a type of galaxy known as a barred spiral. It lies over 70 million light-years...
NASA image release June 16, 2011 Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the...
This image depicts a vast canyon of dust and gas in the Orion Nebula from a 3-D computer model based on observations...
The route of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover – from its landing site on the floor of Jezero Crater to the ancient...
ISS017-E-013025 (12 Aug. 2008) --- The Tifernine Dune Field in Algeria is featured in this image photographed by an...
Spiral galaxy NGC 3274 is a relatively faint galaxy located over 20 million light-years away in the constellation of...
This Picture of the Week shows Arp 230, also known as IC 51, observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Arp...
Engineers Tom Huber (behind MIRI) and Mick Wilks (inside black ISIM Structure) check that MIRI is integrated...