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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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Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both the Earth and moon...
Solar material twists above the sun’s surface in this close-up captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on June...
An active region on the sun — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — has rotated into view on the sun and...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught this image of an eruption on the side of the sun over June 18, 2015. The...
The X-38, a research vehicle built to help develop technology for an emergency Crew Return Vehicle from the...
At the conclusion of Space Shuttle Mission STS-100, Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 1,...
Caption: This is an image of magnetic loops on the sun, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on July 18,...
This animation shows the events that serve as the basis of an astrophysics technique called "echo mapping," also...
The Universe is rarely static, although the timescales involved can be very long. Since modern astronomical...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located over 65 million light-years...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew prepares to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 Mission Specialist Nicole Stott prepares to depart NASA's...
An eruption from the surface of the sun is conspicuous in the lower left portion of this July 6, 2015, image from...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey prepares to depart NASA's Kennedy...
jsc2012e052599 - Panorama view of Apollo 16 lunar surface photos as lunar module pilot Charles M. Duke Jr. is...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the two STEREO spacecraft are being...
In reward for a job well done, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft's mission is extended by an additional two years....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 Pilot Eric Boe prepares to depart NASA's Kennedy Space...
ISS005-E-11189 (25 August 2002) --- Calanscio Sand Sea, Libya is featured in this digital image photographed by an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew members depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
The Sun blew out a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) from just around the edge of the Sun (Oct. 14, 2014). The...
jsc2012e052598 - Panorama view of Apollo 16 lunar surface photos as lunar module pilot Charles M. Duke Jr. is...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey, left, and Mission Specialist...
These composite images show a suspected plume of material erupting two years apart from the same location on...