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NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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 image: Expedition 18 Launch Day
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Oct 11, 2008

Expedition 18 Launch Day

Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov waves farewell as he and fellow crew members Expedition 18 Commander...

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NASA image: Expedition 36 Soyuz TMA-08M Landing
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Sep 11, 2013

Expedition 36 Soyuz TMA-08M Landing

Russian search and rescue crews wave farewell to a departing helicopter as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) with...

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NASA image: Expedition 64 Landing Preparations
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Apr 17, 2021

Expedition 64 Landing Preparations

Deputy Head of the Search-and-Rescue Department of Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) Aleksey...

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NASA image: Expedition 58 Departure Wave
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Dec 3, 2018

Expedition 58 Departure Wave

Expedition 58 crew members, Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), left, Soyuz...

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NASA image: jsc2012e048518
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May 2, 2012

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(2 May, 2012) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia on May 2, 2012, the prime crew...

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NASA image: ISS017 prelaunch images from Kazakhstan
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Apr 8, 2008

ISS017 prelaunch images from Kazakhstan

JSC2008-E-032794 (8 April 2008) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov...

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NASA image: Expedition 18 Launch Day
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Oct 11, 2008

Expedition 18 Launch Day

Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke waves farewell from the crew bus as he and Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov...

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NASA image: Expedition 41 Preflight
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Sep 25, 2014

Expedition 41 Preflight

Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), bottom, Flight...

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NASA image: iss028e050067
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Sep 15, 2011

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ISS028-E-050067 (15 Sept. 2011) --- Expedition 29 crew members bid farewell to Expedition 28 crew members in the...

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NASA image: Expedition 43 Preflight
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Mar 27, 2015

Expedition 43 Preflight

Expedition 43 Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) waves farewell to...

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NASA image: Around Marshall
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Mar 8, 1962

Around Marshall

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on...

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NASA image: Expedition 42 Crew Departure
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Nov 23, 2014

Expedition 42 Crew Departure

Expedition 42 crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the...

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NASA image: Expedition 38 Prelaunch
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Nov 7, 2013

Expedition 38 Prelaunch

Dmitry Kozak, Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation, standing left, next to, Oleg Ostapenko, Head of...

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NASA image: Expedition 56 Preflight
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Jun 6, 2018

Expedition 56 Preflight

Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA waves farewell to family and friends and she and Soyuz...

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NASA image: jsc2012e098230
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Jul 2, 2012

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(2 July, 2012) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia on July 2, 2012, the Expedition 32...

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NASA image: Expedition 14 Preflight
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Sep 17, 2006

Expedition 14 Preflight

American businesswoman Anousheh Ansari, left, Soyuz Commander and Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, not...

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NASA image: KSC01pd1857
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Dec 19, 2001

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Expedition Three crew wave farewell before boarding the plane for Houston. From...

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NASA image: Expedition 42 Crew Departure
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Nov 23, 2014

Expedition 42 Crew Departure

Expedition 42 crew members, Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov of the...

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NASA image: Expedition 43 Preflight
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Mar 14, 2015

Expedition 43 Preflight

Soprano Singer Sarah Brightman, scheduled to fly to space later in 2015 as a space tourist, was on hand to wish...

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NASA image: Expedition 56 Preflight
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Jun 6, 2018

Expedition 56 Preflight

Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos,...

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NASA image: Expedition 56 Preflight
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Jun 6, 2018

Expedition 56 Preflight

Expedition 56 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) waves farewell to family and friends as...

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NASA image: jsc2012e048516
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May 2, 2012

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(2 May, 2012) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia on May 2, 2012, veteran cosmonaut...

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NASA image: Expedition 58 Departure Wave
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Dec 3, 2018

Expedition 58 Departure Wave

Expedition 58 crew members, Flight Engineer Anne McClain of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos,...

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NASA image: jsc2012e098233
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Jul 2, 2012

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(2 July, 2012) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia on July 2, 2012, the prime crew...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

Are NASA images free to use?+
Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
Can I download NASA images?+
Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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