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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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Researchers found likely twins of the giant, erupting star Eta Carinae by comparing infrared images from NASA...
The Boomerang nebula, called the coldest place in the universe, reveals its true shape to the Atacama Large...
This spectrum shows the light from a dusty, distant galaxy located 11 billion light-years away. The galaxy is...
This is a composite image of N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the Large Magellanic Cloud;...
Maffei 2 is the poster child for an infrared galaxy that is almost invisible to optical telescopes. But this...
The green and red splotch in this image is the most active star-making galaxy in the very distant universe....
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope contributed to the infrared component of the observations of a surprisingly large...
This artist animation shows a blistering world revolving around its nearby un. NASA infrared Spitzer Space Telescope...
This is an artist's concept of the tiny moon Hippocamp that was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013....
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Program Scientist Eric Smith left, NASA James Webb Space Telescope Program Manager...
ESA (European Space Agency) Director-General Dr. Josef Aschbacher, 2nd from left, and NASA Associate Administrator...
ESA (European Space Agency) Director-General Dr. Josef Aschbacher, left, and NASA Associate Administrator for the...
STS061-93-031 (4 Dec 1993) --- Part of the vast Indian Ocean forms the backdrop for this scene of the Hubble Space...
In this sturning image provided by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Omega Nebula (M17) resembles the fury of a...
Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël, at desk, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate...
This frame from an animation shows the evolution of a planet-forming disk around a star. Initially, the young disk...
In the 19th century, astronomer V. M. Slipher first discovered a hat-like object that appeared to be rushing away...
The razor sharp eye of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) easily resolves the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104)....
A monitor in the NASA James Webb Space Telescope flight control room of the Space Telescope Science Institute shows...
This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon, Charon, as revealed by NASA Hubble Space...
Students and faculty from Mapletown Jr/Sr High School and Margaret Bell Middle School listen as John Grunsfeld, NASA...
Dr. Amber Straughn, Lead Scientist for James Webb Space Telescope Education & Public Outreach at NASA's Goddard...
The sole secondary mirror that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was installed onto the telescope at...
U.S. President Joe Biden and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson preview the first full-color image from NASA’s James...