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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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NASA Great Observatories continue Galileo legacy with stunning images and breakthrough science from the Hubble Space...
Scientists measure the spin rates of supermassive black holes by spreading the X-ray light into different colors....
This diagram illustrates why NASA NuSTAR can see radioactivity in the remains of exploded stars for the first time....
This composite image shows the Coronet in X-rays from Chandra and infrared from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope orange,...
NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has a complex set of mirrors, or optics, that will help it...
This data plot captured by NASA Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shows X-ray light streaming from...
A range of supermassive black holes lights up this new image from NASA NuSTAR. All of the dots are active black...
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found this image of a meteorite. The science team used two tools on...
Grad student Nicholas Boyd left and Principal Investigator Ralf Gellert, both of the University of Guelph, Ontario,...
This is a composite image of N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the Large Magellanic Cloud;...
This side-by-side comparison shows the X-ray diffraction patterns of two different samples collected from rocks on...
This image shows the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer APXS on NASA Curiosity rover, with the Martian landscape in...
This 1997 image from NASA Mars Pathfinder shows a close up of Sojourner as it placed its Alpha Proton X-Ray...
Supernovae are the explosive deaths of the universe most massive stars. This false-color composite from NASA Spitzer...
This image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies are shown in...
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found and examined this meteorite. The science team used two tools on...
STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) is installed in Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB) at...
These two images show tacked Chandra images for two different classes of distant, massive galaxy detected with NASA...
X-rays diffracted from a well-ordered protein crystal create sharp patterns of scattered light on film. A computer...
The Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) payload is inside the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA’s...
Final preparations are underway at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection...
NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Payload Briefing with representatives from NASA, the Italian Space...
The Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) payload is being moved out of the Space Station Processing Facility high...
The Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) payload is being loaded into a transport truck at the Space Station...