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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: Flaring Red Dwarf Star (Illustration)
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Jun 6, 2017

Flaring Red Dwarf Star (Illustration)

This illustration shows a red dwarf star orbited by a hypothetical exoplanet. Red dwarfs tend to be magnetically...

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NASA image: Hubble Sees a Dwarf Galaxy Shaped by a Grand Design
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Sees a Dwarf Galaxy Shaped by a Grand Design

The subject of this Hubble image is NGC 5474, a dwarf galaxy located 21 million light-years away in the...

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NASA image: Twin Brown Dwarfs Wrapped in a Blanket
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Nov 23, 2009

Twin Brown Dwarfs Wrapped in a Blanket

This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows two young brown dwarfs, objects that fall somewhere between...

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NASA image: Dwarf Galaxies Swimming in Tidal Tails
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Dec 1, 2005

Dwarf Galaxies Swimming in Tidal Tails

This false-color infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows little dwarf galaxies forming in the tails...

JPL
NASA image: Seeing Baby Dwarf Galaxies
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Feb 18, 2009

Seeing Baby Dwarf Galaxies

The unique ultraviolet vision of NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer revealed, for the first time, dwarf galaxies forming...

JPL
NASA image: Brown Dwarf Microlensing Diagram
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Nov 10, 2016

Brown Dwarf Microlensing Diagram

For the first time, two space-based telescopes have teamed up with ground-based observatories to observe a...

JPL
NASA image: NASA Space Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf
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Dec 8, 2017

NASA Space Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf

JANUARY 8, 2013: Astronomers using NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a...

GSFC
NASA image: Map of Ceres' Bright Spots
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Dec 12, 2017

Map of Ceres' Bright Spots

This map from NASA's Dawn mission shows locations of bright material on dwarf planet Ceres. There are more than 300...

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NASA image: High Resolution Ceres View
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Sep 20, 2017

High Resolution Ceres View

This orthographic projection shows dwarf planet Ceres as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The projection is centered...

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NASA image: Spitzer Brown Dwarf Wind (Artist's Concept)
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Apr 9, 2020

Spitzer Brown Dwarf Wind (Artist's Concept)

This artist's concept shows a brown dwarf, an object that is at least 13 times the mass of Jupiter but not massive...

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NASA image: Hubble Sees an Intriguing Young-Looking Dwarf Galaxy
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Sees an Intriguing Young-Looking Dwarf Galaxy

The bright streak of glowing gas and stars in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is known as PGC 51017, or...

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NASA image: Cold and Quick: a Fast-Moving Brown Dwarf
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Apr 25, 2014

Cold and Quick: a Fast-Moving Brown Dwarf

This frame from an animation shows the coldest brown dwarf yet seen, and the fourth closest system to our sun....

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NASA image: Anatomy of Brown Dwarf Atmosphere Artist Concept
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Jan 8, 2013

Anatomy of Brown Dwarf Atmosphere Artist Concept

This artist illustration shows the atmosphere of a brown dwarf called 2MASSJ22282889-431026, which was observed...

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NASA image: A Trio of Brown Dwarfs Artist Concept
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Aug 23, 2011

A Trio of Brown Dwarfs Artist Concept

This artist conception based on data from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer illustrates what brown dwarfs of...

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NASA image: Brown Dwarf HIP 79124 B
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Jan 30, 2017

Brown Dwarf HIP 79124 B

This image shows brown dwarf HIP 79124 B, located 23 times as far from its host star as Earth is from the sun. The...

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NASA image: Young Brown Dwarf in TW Hydrae Family of Stars Artist Concept
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Apr 19, 2016

Young Brown Dwarf in TW Hydrae Family of Stars Artist Concept

A young, free-floating world sits alone in space in this illustration. The object, called WISEA J114724.10-204021.3,...

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NASA image: Artist View of a Super-Jupiter around a Brown Dwarf 2M1207
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Feb 18, 2016

Artist View of a Super-Jupiter around a Brown Dwarf 2M1207

This is an illustration of a planet that is four times the mass of Jupiter and orbits 5 billion miles from a...

JPL
NASA image: Kokopelli Crater on Ceres
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Dec 14, 2017

Kokopelli Crater on Ceres

This image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a field of small craters next to Kokopelli Crater, seen at...

JPL
NASA image: Clues to Ceres' Internal Structure
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Oct 26, 2017

Clues to Ceres' Internal Structure

This frame from an animation shows Ceres as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft from its high-altitude mapping orbit at...

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NASA image: Reigning Title-Holder for Coldest Brown Dwarf
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Aug 23, 2011

Reigning Title-Holder for Coldest Brown Dwarf

NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has uncovered the coldest brown dwarf known so far green dot in very center...

JPL
NASA image: Hubble Catches Stellar Exodus in Action
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May 14, 2015

Hubble Catches Stellar Exodus in Action

Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured for the first time snapshots of fledging white dwarf...

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NASA image: ‘Red Robin’ dwarf tomato growing in Veggie hardware
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Sep 22, 2022

‘Red Robin’ dwarf tomato growing in Veggie hardware

jsc2022e072973 (9/22/2022) --- A preflight view of the Veg-05 ‘Red Robin’ dwarf tomato growing in Veggie hardware at...

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NASA image: Dawn: On its Way to Low Orbit
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May 31, 2018

Dawn: On its Way to Low Orbit

On the way to its lowest-ever and final orbit, NASA's Dawn spacecraft is observing Ceres and returning new...

JPL
NASA image: Dawn Navigating Ceres
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May 24, 2017

Dawn Navigating Ceres

NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres' south polar region on May 17, 2017, from an altitude of about...

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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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