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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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ISS043E078143 (03/31/2015) --- Astronauts on board the International Space Station captured this image on Mar. 31,...
Native vegetation has been planted in the restored dunes at the north beaches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
JPL Researcher Tim Miller at the primary AirSAR station aboard NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory during the AirSAR 2004...
Restoration efforts are underway to the dunes at the north beaches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this...
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe speaking at the AirSAR 2004 Mesoamerica hangar naming ceremony. AirSAR 2004...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U...
In the Mission Director's Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, members of the launch team monitor the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– Mangrove roots are exposed in the drought-affected waters on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
The Fast Cloud Droplet Probe, or FCDP is a laser-based, profiler instrument that performs particle-size detection of...
ISS007-E-10239 (15 July 2003) --- The crew of the International Space Station had a great seat from which to observe...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Atlantis reverses direction and begins rolling back out to Launch Pad...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, guests survey restored sand dunes along a 1.2-mile...
ISS040-E-030568 (2 July 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International...
ISS028-E-035382 (31 Aug. 2011) --- Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic Ocean when one of...
ISS040-E-106243 (25 Aug. 2014) --- This panorama view, photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member on the...
NASA Dryden's DC-8 on the ramp at Jaun Santamaria International Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica during the AirSAR 2004...
Dr. Denton Gibson, launch director for NASA’s Launch Services Program, participates in rehearsal launch operations...
Restoration efforts are underway to the dunes at the north beaches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, guests survey restored sand dunes along a 1.2-mile...
ISS017-E-005600 (29 April 2008) --- Outflow obscures the definition of the eye and center of Tropical Cyclone...
Rex Engelhardt, mission manager for NASA’s Launch Services Program, participates in rehearsal launch operations for...
S63-08394 (3-6 June 1963) --- Some of NASA's sixteen astronauts participate in tropic survival training from June 3...
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U...