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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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A video clip recorded on Earth using the Extant Live Volumetric Imaging System (ELVIS) to track swimming patterns of...
STS073-745-055 (2 November 1995) --- This photograph in color infrared highlights the different vegetation zones on...
This image was acquired to get more information about a site where the CRISM instrument detected hydrated sulfates....
While we have learned so much about Mars after over 50 years of exploration with spacecraft, there are some features...
This 39 by 47 km ASTER sub-scene was acquired on May 20, 2000 and shows an area along the west side of the Cascade...
Inside the B16-10 spacecraft processing hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., workers oversee the uncrating...
JSC2004-E-24534 (1 June 2004) --- Astronaut Charles J. Camarda, STS-114 mission specialist, participates in Return...
iss073e0510437 (Aug. 19, 2025) --- A lake in the sparsely populated, semi-arid Zhangeldin region of Kazakhstan is...
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's research vessel Knorr is seen docked on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Woods...
iss038e045758 (2/12/2014) --- A view of Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Solidification Processing-2 (CETSOL-2)...
P-21735 BW This Jupiter image taken by Voyager 2 shows an area from 10° N. Lat. to 34° S. Lat. in a region west of...
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's research vessel Knorr is seen docked on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Woods...
This color HiRISE view shows a pitted, blocky surface, but also more unusually, it has contorted, irregular...
A crated National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-L) satellite is moved inside the B16-10 spacecraft...
Cloud formations are seen through the window of NASA DC-8 aircraft during a flight, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, over the...
iss056e142697 (8/15/2018) --- A view of Cosmonaut in red-striped Orlan suit, as he works to install Payload “ICARUS”...
The purpose of this sequence of images is to understand rapid albedo (brightness) changes seen at this time of year...
STS099-703-007 (11-22 February 2000) ---A distinct cumulus cloud pattern marks the island wake within a weak...
NASA research pilot David Zahn, left, wearing a temporal sensor and pupil tracking glasses works with NASA human...
The Equiaxed Dendritic Solidification Experiment (EDSE) is a material sciences investigation under the Formation of...
The New York-based artist team Geraluz, left, and WERC, right, and their son Amaru Alvarez, 5, pose for picture with...
It’s official — our holiday lights are so bright we can see them from space. Thanks to the VIIRS instrument on the...
S65-56185 (21 Oct. 1965) --- Gemini-6 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (left), command pilot; and Thomas P....
Inside the B16-10 spacecraft processing hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., workers oversee the uncrating...