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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These graben - a kind of trench that is formed as a surface expands - were imaged near a region of the Moon called...
Sublimation (ice vaporizing without passing through a liquid stage) is an important process affecting water ice in...
When NASA Deep Impact probe collided with Tempel 1, a bright, small flash was created, which rapidly expanded above...
This image, taken by NASA Galileo spacecraft, shows a blue-colored volcanic plume consistent with the presence of...
The image depicts the first moments after NASA Deep Impact probe interfaced with comet Tempel 1. The illuminated,...
This image from NASA EPOXI mission shows Hartley 2 moving across the background field of stars. The coma, or cloud...
iss059e092346 (6/6/2019) --- A view of the Hardened Extremely Long-life Information in Optical Storage (HELIOS) case...
iss050e037906 (02/02/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (left) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas...
iss048e069952 (9/6/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is photographed inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity...
iss047e134134 (5/26/2018) --- NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake...
iss050e037908 (2/2/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Pesquet in the...
iss047e061107 (4/16/2016) --- View of Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) attached to Canadarm2 Robotic Arm....
iss050e054453 (3/4/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson during Microgravity Expanded Stem Cells (MESC) clean up,...
The Blue Ring Nebula is thought to be the product of two stars merging into one. The collision of the bodies ejected...
At NASA, we’re aeronautical pioneers. From developing the world’s first all-electric airplane to improving air...
The continuously expanding solar wind begins in our Sun and doesn’t stop until after it reaches the edge of the...
Deep Space Station 53, or DSS-53, is a new 34-meter (111-foot) beam waveguide antenna that went online in February...
A minor solar eruption triggered a crackling, white flash that sent an expanding wave of plasma below it over about...
iss051e010468 (April 16, 2017) --- BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, was pictured installed to the...
Four astronauts took a quick field trip outside of the station in the Crew Dragon vehicle, and the station expanded...
iss065e045899 (May 17, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough is pictured inside...
iss065e045904 (May 17, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur is pictured inside...
NASA’s innovative modular approach to supercomputing expands the power of the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Facility...
ISS047e133469 (05/25/2016) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Tim Peak (left) and NASA Astronaut Jeff...