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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 image taken by NASAS Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows one of the largest flares, or star eruptions, ever...
Ceres Haulani Crater is shown in these views from NASA Dawn spacecraft. These views reveal variations in the region...
NASA Dawn spacecraft used its Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer instrument to produce these three different...
The magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this image from NASA Spitzer Space...
Jupiter's aurora on the night side of the planet is seen here at five different wavelengths. Jupiter's bright...
The Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) instrument looks at Jupiter's Great Red Spot, in these views from June...
These four panels show the Whirlpool galaxy — which is actually a pair of galaxies also known as Messier 51 and NGC...
Reflected sunlight is the source of the illumination for visible wavelength images such as the one above. However,...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught this image of an eruption on the side of the sun over June 18, 2015. The...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared light,...
NASA's SPHEREx mission will use these filters to conduct spectroscopy, a technique that lets scientists measure...
The asteroid Euphrosyne glides across a field of background stars in this time-lapse view from NASA's WISE...
This image is a map of the portion of the sky covered by the preliminary release of WISE data. WISE surveyed the...
NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer captured this colorful image of the reflection nebula IRAS 12116-6001. This...
This psychedelic view of Saturn and its rings is a composite made from images taken with the Cassini spacecraft...
These images were obtained by the Dawn spacecraft on July 23, 2011. The bottom two images are false-color, where...
At different locations on the surface of the same rock, scientists can use the Mast Camera Mastcam on NASA Mars...
Different wavelengths of light provide new information about the Orientale Basin region of the moon in a composite...
This diagram illustrates how astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope can capture the elusive spectra of...
This image combines data from four different space telescopes to create a multi-wavelength view of all that remains...
NASA Cassini spacecraft obtained these false-color images of a circular feature in a region known as Xanadu on...
This infrared image, showing thermal radiation at a wavelength of 9.7 microns, was obtained by the Gemini North...
A four-panel frame shows a section of Jupiter north equatorial belt viewed by NASA Cassini spacecraft at four...
This crescent view of Earth Moon in infrared, blue-green, and red wavelengths comes from a camera test by NASA Mars...