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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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This spectrum shows the light from a dusty, distant galaxy located 11 billion light-years away. The galaxy is...
This graph, or spectrum, from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that some of the most basic ingredients...
NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission will survey the entire sky in a portion of the electromagnetic...
The elements and molecules that flew out of the Cassiopeia A star when it exploded about 300 years ago can be seen...
Dreamy colors ranging from pale rose to butterscotch to sapphire give this utterly inhospitable gas planet a...
During its flyby of Mercury, on January 14, 2008 NASA MESSENGER spacecraft acquired the first high-resolution...
Our next question comes from Palak from Chicago. How will the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter find out about the...
Pawan from Sharjah: The spectrometers on MER-A and B split the visible light into many colors which identify...
The spectrogram of vibrations (frequency spectrum over time) recorded by two of the three sensors of the short...
This diagram illustrates how astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope can capture the elusive spectra of...
This graph, or spectrum, from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, charts light from a faraway galaxy located 10 billion...
This is the first laser spectrum from the ChemCam instrument on NASA Curiosity rover, sent back from Mars on Aug....
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Mulit-channel spectrum analyzer (MCSA) at Stanford University used...
iss056e136189 (8/13/2020) --- A view of the Marconissta setup connected to the Amateur Radio on International Space...
jsc2024e006084 (7/13/2022) --- The dipole antennas are being tuned using a spectrum analyzer in the clean room. From...
iss063e026157 (June 11, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy configures the new...
The mosaic of Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (VIR) data shows the location of the data acquired by VIR during the...
This image provides an example of the type of data collected by the Chemistry and Camera ChemCam instrument on NASA...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the building blocks of life in the distant universe, albeit in a violent...
The Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-45) roars into space in this photo showing a close-up of the Solid Rocket Boosters...
At Launch Complex 17 Pad A, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) workers are installing the payload fairing around the Extreme...
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-45) onboard photo of Mission Specialist Kathryn Sullivan working in the Atmospheric...
This chart details Skylab's X-Ray Spectrographic Telescope, an Apollo Telescope Mount facility. It was designed to...
Pictured is the Communications room in the RAC building, Research Analysis Center. This is the hub for the CATV and...