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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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jsc2025e076915 (September 25, 2025) -- This is the ENPULSION Nano Lark thruster, a unit that contains its own power,...
Imagine a technology that would allow space travelers to transmit gigabytes of data per second over interplanetary...
NASA hosted a news conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston March 14 to discuss a pair of upcoming...
In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance rover uses its Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center check the wiring on a mechanical test article of the Apollo...
Scientists at Marshall's Adaptive Optics Lab demonstrate the Wave Front Sensor alignment using the Phased Array...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center researcher Americo Forestieri aims a ruby...
In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) at NASA Jet Propulsion...
The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) Portfolio implemented the Capability Challenge “Optical...
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center's Interstellar Propulsion Research department are proposing different...
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) Interstellar Propulsion Research department are proposing...
This Chandra image shows the central regions of two colliding galaxies known collectively as the Antennae...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
This is a composite image of Uranus by Voyager 2 and two different observations made by Hubble — one for the ring...
A technician is installing the bolts that will hold the MIRI, or Mid-Infrared Instrument, to the composite...
Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis on April 8, 2002, the STS-110 mission prepared the International...
Workers in a clean room in Cannes, France, load the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite into a...
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is shown in orbit over Earth in this...
This infrared photograph shows the uplink laser beacon for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)...
The new international satellite mission called Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) — slated for launch in late...
The MIRI itself weighs 181 pounds (82 kg) and is being held by a special balance beam (on the left of the photo),...
Members of the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission test one of the antennas for the...