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NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Three male and one female hooded mergansers swim in the quicksilver water of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. Usually found from Alaska and Canada south to Nebraska, Oregon and Tennessee, hooded mergansers winter south to Mexico and the Gulf Coast, including KSC. The open water of the refuge provides wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. The 92,000-acre refuge is also habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Three male and one female hooded mergansers swim in the quicksilver water of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. Usually found from Alaska and Canada south to Nebraska, Oregon and Tennessee, hooded mergansers winter south to Mexico and the Gulf Coast, including KSC. The open water of the refuge provides wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. The 92,000-acre refuge is also habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Three male and one female hooded mergansers swim in the quicksilver water of the...

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NASA image: Flooding near Hamburg, Iowa
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Dec 8, 2017

Flooding near Hamburg, Iowa

NASA image acquired July 17, 2011 In mid-July 2011, more than a month after the Missouri River broke through two...

GSFC
NASA image: Skylab
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Jun 2, 1972

Skylab

West Point, Nebraska high school student, Joel C. Wordekemper, is greeted by (left to right): Astronauts Russell L....

MSFC
NASA image: KSC-99pc0115
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Jan 25, 1999

KSC-99pc0115

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A female hooded merganser swims solo in the waters of the Merritt Island National...

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NASA image: KSC-99pc0110
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Jan 25, 1999

KSC-99pc0110

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A male and two female hooded mergansers swim in the waters of the Merritt Island...

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NASA image: Skylab
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Jan 1, 1973

Skylab

This chart describes the Skylab student experiment ED-61, Plant Growth, and experiment ED-62, Plant Phototropism....

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NASA image: KSC-99pc0140
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Jan 27, 1999

KSC-99pc0140

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A young female red-breasted merganser swims in the quicksilver water of the Merritt...

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NASA image: KSC-99pc0139
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Jan 27, 1999

KSC-99pc0139

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A female red-breasted merganser swims low in the water at the Merritt Island National...

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NASA image: KSC-99pc0111
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Jan 25, 1999

KSC-99pc0111

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The distinctive fan-shaped, black-bordered crest and striped breast identify this...

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NASA image: Earth Observations taken by Expedition 41 crewmember.
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Oct 6, 2014

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 41 crewmember.

ISS041-E-067595 (6 Oct. 2014) --- This moonlit panorama was shot recently with a wide-angle lens by an Expedition 41...

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NASA image: Eyes on Infrastructure: How the NISAR Satellite Will Help Keep Communities Safer
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Nov 8, 2024

Eyes on Infrastructure: How the NISAR Satellite Will Help Keep Communities Safer

A failure of key infrastructure like a dam or bridge can have disastrous consequences, but organizations around the...

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NASA image: NASA launches student experiments from Wallops
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Dec 8, 2017

NASA launches student experiments from Wallops

NASA launched a Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket carrying the RockSat-X payload with university...

GSFC
NASA image: Autumn snow across the Midwest
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Dec 8, 2017

Autumn snow across the Midwest

An autumn storm brought the first snow of the season to the Upper Mississippi River Valley and the Midwestern United...

GSFC
NASA image: Rocky Mountains
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Dec 8, 2017

Rocky Mountains

On April 29, 2015 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured a...

GSFC
NASA image: Curved Bands of Rocks at 'Skrinkle Haven'
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May 11, 2023

Curved Bands of Rocks at 'Skrinkle Haven'

Scientists think that the bands of rocks seen in this image may have been formed by a very fast, deep river – the...

JPL
NASA image: First Day of Winter Obvious on NASA Satellite Image of the U.S. Plains States
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Dec 8, 2017

First Day of Winter Obvious on NASA Satellite Image of the U.S. Plains States

Winter arrived officially on Dec. 22 at 12:35 a.m. EST, but the U.S. Plains states received an early and cool...

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NASA image: Aurora Borealis and city lights on the horizon taken by the Expedition 29 crew
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Sep 29, 2011

Aurora Borealis and city lights on the horizon taken by the Expedition 29 crew

ISS029-E-012564 (29 Sept. 2011) --- The Midwestern United States at night with Aurora Borealis is featured in this...

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NASA image: Three Atmospheric "Dragons": Low Pressure Areas Around the U.S.
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Dec 8, 2017

Three Atmospheric "Dragons": Low Pressure Areas Around the U.S.

There are three low pressure systems around the U.S. and they resemble dragons on satellite imagery. NOAA's GOES-13...

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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.
Can I download NASA images?+
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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