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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 acquired: March 29, 2011 As the MESSENGER spacecraft passed low over Mercury's north polar region, MDIS used...
Frank Batteas is a research test pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,...
Precise timing is a key element for NASA's New Horizons mission. Scientists say there's an urgency to get to Pluto...
What happens when the lights are turned out in the enormous clean room that currently houses NASA's James Webb Space...
ISS018-E-011096 (6 Dec. 2008) --- Santa Barbara, CA metropolitan area, also known as the ?American Riviera?, is...
ISS016-E-034524 (31 March 2008) --- Harrat Khaybar, Saudi Arabia is featured in this image photographed by an...
Istanbul has been a bustling trade city for thousands of years. In this 1975 image, taken by Landsat, the city...
Construction Manager Raymond Sharp and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Director of Research...
Dorothy J. Vaughan was a pioneer human computer and visionary who was integral in the expansion of a diverse...
ISS011-E-08410 (9 June 2005) --- Las Cruces, New Mexico is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 11...
Over the years of the Landsat program, the desert city of Las Vegas has gone through a massive growth spurt. The...
A lone source shines out brightly from the dark expanse of deep space, glowing softly against a picturesque backdrop...
Inside the expansive cargo plane visitor’s immediately discover that that every available surface has been utilized...
This view of Mars was captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter using its Thermal Emission Imaging System, or THEMIS,...
What Doesn't Stay in Vegas? Sprawl. This image series shows the desert city's massive growth spurt since 1972. The...
NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard the Aqua satellite captured imagery of Typhoon...
In September, NASA's New Horizons team released a stunning but incomplete image of Pluto's crescent. Thanks to new...
This area is south of Pluto's dark equatorial band informally named Cthulhu Regio, and southwest of the vast...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researchers install a small-scale model of the capsule for...
The islands and coral atolls of French Polynesia, located in the southern Pacific Ocean, epitomize the idea of...
ISS036-E-012047 (26 June 2013) --- Damascus, Syria is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 36 crew...
In this artist's conception, a possible newfound planet spins through a clearing in a nearby star's dusty,...
What Doesn't Stay in Vegas? Sprawl. This image series shows the desert city's massive growth spurt since 1972. The...
The STS-40 patch makes a contemporary statement focusing on human beings living and working in space. Against a...