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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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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers help secure the CALIPSO...
The Atlas V booster for the Landsat 9 satellite undergoes a dress rehearsal at Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bathed in light against an early morning sky, the United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy...
The Atlas V booster for the Landsat 9 satellite undergoes a dress rehearsal at Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lights are reflected on the solar array panels of NASA's Kepler spacecraft during...
An engineer helps NASA astronaut Kate Rubins adjust the lens on the Joint AR (Joint Augmented Reality Visual...
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins uses the hand controller on her wrist to display information while wearing the Joint AR...
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins opens the sun visor on the Joint AR (Joint Augmented Reality Visual Informatics System)...
The Landsat 9 spacecraft is lifted and mated to the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 3...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the suspended CALIPSO spacecraft is...
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins walks through the lunar-like landscape wearing the Joint AR (Joint Augmented Reality...
This photograph was taken during the integration of the Astro-1 mission payloads at the Kennedy Space Center on...
The front panel of this image cube shows the true-color view of an area in northwest Nevada observed by NASA's Earth...
Since NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) imaging spectrometer was installed on the...
On Dec. 7, 1968, an Atlas-Centaur rocket carrying NASA’s heaviest and most ambitious uncrewed satellite to date...
The front panel of this image cube features the true-color view of an area in southwest Libya observed by NASA's...
The mineral map shows an area of southwestern Libya in the Sahara Desert observed by NASA's Earth Surface Mineral...
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the farthest spectroscopically confirmed galaxy observed to date (inset)....
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the farthest spectroscopically confirmed galaxy observed to date (inset)....
A new era in stellar astronomy began five years ago when the Chandra X-ray Observatory first opened its sunshade to...
Engineers in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in April 2023 examine the...
This artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M...
Engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston used light waves to align the James Webb Space Telescope’s...
Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s...