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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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ISS029-E-041836 (4 Oct. 2011) --- South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula are featured in this image...
ISS028-E-018675 (23 July 2011) --- Biomass burning in southern Africa is featured in this image photographed by an...
ISS026-E-015208 (6 Jan. 2011) --- Photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member on the International Space Station,...
ISS022-E-024940 (13 Jan. 2010) --- Man-made archipelagos near Dubai, United Arab Emirates are featured in this image...
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite passed directly over Rio...
NASA's Europa Clipper captured this infrared image of the heat radiation from Mars and its moons Phobos (closest to...
The first detection of Pluto in X-rays has been made using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in conjunction with...
In this "family portrait," the four Galilean Satellites are shown to scale. These four largest moons of Jupiter...
This side-by-side comparison shows observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and...
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a UFO — well, the UFO Galaxy, to be precise. NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy seen...
Caption: In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are combined with...
Created with altimeter data from NASA's Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 satellite and the Jason-1...
First quarter. Visible high in the southern sky in early evening. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been...
New Moon. By the modern definition, New Moon occurs when the Moon and Sun are at the same geocentric ecliptic...
Third quarter. Rises around midnight, visible to the south after sunrise. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)...
At first glance this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image seems to show an array of different cosmic objects, but...
ISS012-E-09567 (28 Nov. 2005) --- Houston Ship Channel, Texas is featured in this image photographed by an...
Waning gibbous. Rises after sunset, high in the sky after midnight, visible to the southwest after sunrise. NASA's...
Waxing gibbous. Visible to the southeast in early evening, up for most of the night. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance...
Waxing crescent. Visible toward the southwest in early evening. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been...
NASA image release June 10, 2011 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are witnessing the unprecedented...
ISS018-E-005058 (24 Oct. 2008) --- Southern California's coastline, from southern Los Angeles to Tijuana in Mexico,...
ISS025-E-008532 (5 Oct. 2010) --- Photographed by an Expedition 25 crew member on the International Space Station,...
At first glance, this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image seems to show an array of different cosmic objects, but...