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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.
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ISS040-E-099251 (18 Aug. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, Expedition 40 flight engineer, uses a digital...
Scientists in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center...
A tray holding 39 sample tubes headed to Mars is installed into the Perseverance rover on May 21, 2020, in a clean...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
This footage from 1969 shows researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center examining samples of Moon rocks and soil...
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) deployment. A cooperative...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Pegasus barge, left, the Vehicle Assembly...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
iss074e0335132 (Feb. 26, 2026) --- A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, packed with several tons of science experiments and...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A newly redesigned External Tank (ET-119) rolls toward the Vehicle Assembly Building...
S118-E-07383 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist, participates in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- External tank No. 117 leaves the parking area at NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building. It...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-32R lifts off from Pad 39-A at 7:35 a.m. EST. Columbia is scheduled to deploy the...
ISS026-E-027662 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a...
This Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo is a close-up view of the Tethered Satellite System...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
ISS015-E-22527 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist, participates in the...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
STS064-23-025 (9-20 Sept. 1994) --- With scissors in hand, astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, STS-64 mission specialist,...
ISS017-E-010976 (10 July 2008) --- Attired in a blue thermal undergarment that complements the Russian Orlan...
STS057-97-056 (25 June 1993) --- Astronaut G. David Low (foreground) adjusts the mobile foot restraint on the end of...
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket arrives at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in...
S69-34882 (24 May 1969) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission relaxes on the deck of the NASA...