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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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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 image: STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, KSC liftoff from a remote control tracking device
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Jun 5, 1991

STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, KSC liftoff from a remote control tracking device

STS040-S-134 (5 June 1991) --- The space shuttle Columbia, with a seven-member crew aboard, soars toward a nine-day...

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NASA image: STS-30 Atlantis, OV-104, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B
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May 4, 1989

STS-30 Atlantis, OV-104, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B

STS030-S-109 (4 May 1989) --- Moments after ignition, Space Shuttle Atlantis heads for a four-day mission in...

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NASA image: John H Glenn Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony
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Dec 9, 2016

John H Glenn Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony

A memorial wreath stands at the Heroes and Legends exhibit hall at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex before a...

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NASA image: John H Glenn Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony
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Dec 9, 2016

John H Glenn Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony

A portrait of Sen. John Glenn and a memorial wreath stand at the Heroes and Legends exhibit hall at the Kennedy...

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NASA image: STS-29 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B
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Mar 13, 1989

STS-29 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B

STS029-S-028 (13 March 1989) --- From Launch Pad 39B, the Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on Mission STS-29....

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NASA image: Endeavour and its modified 747 carrier aircraft are illuminated by the morning sun after mating was completed in the Mate-DeMate gantry at NASA DFRC
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Dec 9, 2008

Endeavour and its modified 747 carrier aircraft are illuminated by the morning sun after mating was completed in the Mate-DeMate gantry at NASA DFRC

The Space Shuttle Endeavour and its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft are illuminated by the morning sun Tuesday...

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NASA image: Vice President Mike Pence visits Kennedy Space Center
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Jul 6, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence visits Kennedy Space Center

Vice President Mike Pence arrives in Air Force Two as NASA Leadership looks on, at the Shuttle Landing Facility...

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NASA image: STS-56 Commander Cameron & Pilot Oswald at CCT hatch during JSC training
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Dec 1, 1992

STS-56 Commander Cameron & Pilot Oswald at CCT hatch during JSC training

STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Commander Kenneth Cameron (right) and Pilot Stephen S. Oswald, wearing...

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NASA image: STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, liftoff
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Dec 2, 1988

STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, liftoff

S88-55870 (2 Dec. 1988) --- The space shuttle Atlantis and its five-man crew of astronauts are launched from Kennedy...

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NASA image: Strait of Gibraltar
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Oct 13, 1984

Strait of Gibraltar

41G-120-082 (5-13 Oct. 1984) --- This High oblique view was photographed with a medium format camera aboard the...

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NASA image: Discovery STS-133 Mission Landing
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Mar 9, 2011

Discovery STS-133 Mission Landing

NASA Astronauts and STS-133 mission crew members, from left, Mission Specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt,...

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NASA image: STS-50 Columbia, OV-102, soars into the sky after KSC liftoff
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Jun 25, 1992

STS-50 Columbia, OV-102, soars into the sky after KSC liftoff

STS050-S-040 (25 June 1992) --- A low-angle perspective captures the Space Shuttle Columbia as it lifts off on its...

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NASA image: Ferguson changes out lithium hydroxide canister in the Space Shuttle Atlantis MDDK during Expedition 13 / STS-115 Joint Operations
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Sep 16, 2006

Ferguson changes out lithium hydroxide canister in the Space Shuttle Atlantis MDDK during Expedition 13 / STS-115 Joint Operations

S115-E-06526 (9-21 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Christopher J. Ferguson, STS-115 pilot, changes out a lithium hydroxide...

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NASA image: Rogers Dry Lake served as a backdrop for a mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden's Fabrication Branch as it was relocated to Dryden's Shuttle hangar.
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Sep 25, 2007

Rogers Dry Lake served as a backdrop for a mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden's Fabrication Branch as it was relocated to Dryden's Shuttle hangar.

Rogers Dry Lake serves as a backdrop for a mockup Orion crew module built by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Mission Specialist John E. Blaha arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the next several days, the astronauts will take part in training exercises at the launch pad that will culminate in a simulated launch countdown. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for liftoff around Sept. 12 on STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir. During the approximately nine-day flight, Blaha will change places with fellow spaceflight veteran Shannon Lucid, who is wrapping up a record-setting stay on Mir. Blaha will remain aboard the Station for about four months, returning to Earth in January 1997 withthe crew of Shuttle Mission STS-81.
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Aug 25, 1996

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Mission Specialist John E. Blaha arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the next several days, the astronauts will take part in training exercises at the launch pad that will culminate in a simulated launch countdown. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for liftoff around Sept. 12 on STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir. During the approximately nine-day flight, Blaha will change places with fellow spaceflight veteran Shannon Lucid, who is wrapping up a record-setting stay on Mir. Blaha will remain aboard the Station for about four months, returning to Earth in January 1997 withthe crew of Shuttle Mission STS-81.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The news media capture the words and images of the Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) which held its first public meeting at the Debus Center, KSC Visitor Complex. The group is co-chaired by former Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, who was an Apollo commander. The RTFTG was at KSC to conduct organizational activities, tour Space Shuttle facilities and receive briefings on Shuttle-related topics. The task group was chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
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Aug 7, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The news media capture the words and images of the Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) which held its first public meeting at the Debus Center, KSC Visitor Complex. The group is co-chaired by former Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, who was an Apollo commander. The RTFTG was at KSC to conduct organizational activities, tour Space Shuttle facilities and receive briefings on Shuttle-related topics. The task group was chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The news media capture the words and images of the Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG)...

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) holds its first public meeting at the Debus Center, KSC Visitor Complex. The group is co-chaired by former Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, who was an Apollo commander. The RTFTG was at KSC to conduct organizational activities, tour Space Shuttle facilities and receive briefings on Shuttle-related topics. The task group was chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
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Aug 7, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) holds its first public meeting at the Debus Center, KSC Visitor Complex. The group is co-chaired by former Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, who was an Apollo commander. The RTFTG was at KSC to conduct organizational activities, tour Space Shuttle facilities and receive briefings on Shuttle-related topics. The task group was chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) holds its first public meeting at the Debus...

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) holds its first public meeting at the Debus Center, KSC Visitor Complex. The group is co-chaired by former Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, who was an Apollo commander. The RTFTG was at KSC to conduct organizational activities, tour Space Shuttle facilities and receive briefings on Shuttle-related topics. The task group was chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
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Aug 7, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) holds its first public meeting at the Debus Center, KSC Visitor Complex. The group is co-chaired by former Shuttle commander Richard O. Covey and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, who was an Apollo commander. The RTFTG was at KSC to conduct organizational activities, tour Space Shuttle facilities and receive briefings on Shuttle-related topics. The task group was chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Return To Flight Task Group (RTFTG) holds its first public meeting at the Debus...

NASA image: Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission
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Nov 30, 1996

Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission

STS080-733-021 (19 Nov.-7 Dec. 1996) --- The crewmembers of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia took this view...

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NASA image: Damaged thermal blanket noted on port OMS Pod on STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis
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Jun 19, 2007

Damaged thermal blanket noted on port OMS Pod on STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis

S117-E-08982 (15 June 2007) --- Medium close-up scene of Atlantis' port side orbital maneuvering system pod prior to...

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NASA image: STS-125 MS1 Good photographs the HST after being released from the Shuttle Atlantis
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May 19, 2009

STS-125 MS1 Good photographs the HST after being released from the Shuttle Atlantis

S125-E-011921 (19 May 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Good, STS-125 mission specialist, uses a still camera at an...

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NASA image: Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission
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Nov 24, 1996

Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission

STS080-759-038 (19 Nov.-7 Dec. 1996) --- As photographed by the crewmembers aboard the space shuttle Columbia, a...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Orbiter - 101 Enterprise - Arrival - Redstone Arsenal Airstrip - Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), AL
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Mar 13, 1978

Space Shuttle Orbiter - 101 Enterprise - Arrival - Redstone Arsenal Airstrip - Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), AL

S78-27238 (13 March 1978) --- The space shuttle orbiter 101 Enterprise approaches riding atop its 747 carrier...

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NASA image: STS-72 crew trains in Fixed Base (FB) Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS)
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Jun 7, 1995

STS-72 crew trains in Fixed Base (FB) Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS)

S95-12706 (May 1995) --- Astronaut Koichi Wakata, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) and...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

Are NASA images free to use?+
Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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