Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.
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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Join NASA experts to talk about EZIE, a trio of just-launched NASA spacecraft that will study powerful electric...
iss074e0436787 (April 3, 2026) --- This view from a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shows the aurora...
S81-33179 (12 April 1981) --- Though their STS-1 task has been performed, the two solid rocket boosters (SRB) still...
The photo on the left captures an operating electric Hall thruster identical to those that will propel NASA's Psyche...
AS08-12-2148 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- View of the lunar surface as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft....
Jupiter's bright Equatorial Zone swirls with dark patches, dubbed "hot spots" for their infrared glow. These holes...
iss073e0814070 (Sept. 26, 2025) --- This nighttime image was captured from a window aboard the SpaceX Dragon crew...
The asteroid Euphrosyne glides across a field of background stars in this time-lapse view from NASA's WISE...
This image from NASA MESSENGER spacecraft is stitched together from thousands of observations made over the past 4...
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, set to launch in August 2022, will travel to its target in the main asteroid belt between...
S75-27287 (May 1975) --- An artist?s concept depicting an American Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz...
This dramatic view of the Pluto system is as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft saw it in July 2015. The animation, made...
iss073e0203588 (May 19, 2025) --- Lightning (upper left) illuminates the clouds and an atmospheric glow blankets...
The sun sets behind NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop...
ISS031-E-066037 (22 May 2012) --– Aurora Australis, accompanied by star streaks and air glow, is pictured in this...
iss072e941128 (April 2, 2025) --- This long duration photograph, taken from the International Space Station as it...
iss071e045750 (April 26, 2024) --- The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is pictured docked to the Harmony module's...
The sun sets on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the...
The sun sets on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the...
iss073e0695491 (Sept. 1, 2025) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm with Dextre, its fine-tuned robotic hand attached, is...
Lit by the glow of sunset, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida’s Cape...
The sun sets on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the...
The sun sets on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as they stand fully assembled atop the...
The glow of sunset illuminates the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it soars away from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape...