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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.
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This radar image of Salt Lake City, Utah, illustrates the different land use patterns that are present in the Utah...
This view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows an example of discoloration closely linked to fractures in the...
This close-up image of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 14, 2018...
ISS005-E-11189 (25 August 2002) --- Calanscio Sand Sea, Libya is featured in this digital image photographed by an...
SL3-34-336 (July-September 1973) --- A vertical view of a portion of northern California near the Pacific coast as...
ISS039-E-11773 (14 April 2014) --- Photographed with a camera equipped with an 80mm lens from the International...
ISS030-E-019144 (29 Dec. 2011) --- Agricultural patterns in Quebec, Canada are featured in this image photographed...
ISS014-E-10547 (30 Dec. 2006) --- Barcelona, Spain is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14...
SL4-136-3501 (6 Dec. 1973) --- A vertical view of a portion of the State of Queensland, Australia, as photographed...
Test cells comprise specimen sand contained in a latex membrane (with a grid pattern for CCD cameras) between metal...
iss074e0008922 (Dec. 12, 2025) --- Snow-capped mountain tops of Alaska's Aleutian Islands pierce through the clouds,...
NASA's Aquarius instrument has released its first released worldwide maps of soil moisture. Soil moisture, the water...
S94-35542 (June 1994) --- Astronaut Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist, gets a preview of next year?s United...
Computed tomography (CT) images of resin-impregnated Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) specimens are assembled...
STS085-351-005 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Payload specialist Bjarni Tryggvason of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)...
STS085-351-003 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Payload specialist Bjarni Tryggvason of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)...
AS09-22-3441 (March 1969) --- Near vertical view of the Phoenix, Arizona area as photographed from the Apollo 9...
iss074e0325251 (Feb. 22, 2026) --- Peiku Lake in southwest China is surrounded by Himalayan peaks and contains both...
This EREP photograph of the Uncompahgre Plateau area of Colorado illustrates the land use classification using the...
SPOCS Project Co-Lead Swati Ravi pictured in the Columbia University Dietrich Biological Shape and Pattern Formation...
iss068e022320 (11/15/2022) --- A view of the Gator GATSBY investigation ICE Cube taken aboard the International...
STS111-E-5035 (8 June 2002) --- One of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour noticed this interesting...
jsc2021e018129 (4/27/2021) --- Skeletal muscle myotubes form along strips of patterned scaffolds. The myotubes are...
NASA's Aquarius instrument has released its first released worldwide maps of soil moisture. Soil moisture, the water...