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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the intertank of space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, a technician holds the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. At a news conference, NASA and United Launch Alliance officials discussed preparations for the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank is being prepared for computed radiography...
This labyrinth – with a silhouette of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at its center – is used as a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians are...
NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (left) applauds the Space Shuttle ice and debris inspection team who were...
iss074e0540224 (April 27, 2026) --- A piece of unidentified space debris is pictured from the International Space...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rock target nicknamed "Quartier" with the WATSON (Wide Angle...
Seen here before being shipped from the U.K. to the U.S., the Lunar Thermal Mapper (LTM) is one of two instruments...
Shown here is a prototype of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, ground receiver detector built by the...
This annotated image from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover shows how its SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with...
Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans move the core stage 3 LH2 tank to Cell A for white...
This close-up view of a rock target named "Dourbes" was provided by the WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for...
Shown here is an identical copy of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, superconducting nanowire...
Video from a navigation camera aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover shows the position of a cover on the SHERLOC...
Technicians remove the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V boattail from its shipping container following its...
NASA, mission, and partner leaders participate in prelaunch news conference on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at the...
A crew offloaded the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V payload fairing from its transport container in building...
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite was encapsulated in its payload fairing at ISRO's Satish...
This image shows the WATSON camera aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover gathering data on the "Walhalla Glades"...
Both halves of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V payload fairing are moved into position for a fit check at...
This series of image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on Jan. 25, 2020, shows part of the California Nebula,...
The main body of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...