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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.
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room 'tent' of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, Mission STS-120 Pilot George Zamka (left)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, Mission STS-120 Commander Pam Melroy speaks...
In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a technician begins the illumination testing of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Smoke envelops the Delta II rocket with NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope , or...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility, NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope,...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to mate the AIM spacecraft (at left) to the SoftRide...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II rocket to launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Delta II rocket displays...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Under cloud-dotted blue sky, NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope , or GLAST, blasts...
In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, lights are reflected on the solar array panels of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Smoke is generated at liftoff of the Delta II rocket with NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers lift the AIM...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, General...
Inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The GLAST spacecraft arrives at pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard its...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, spacecraft atop the Delta II rocket...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the third stage of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is being mated...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., the payload transportation canister is lifted so it can be...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., a worker cleans the solar...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a second solid rocket booster joins the...
In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers lower the AIM spacecraft onto a moveable base. AIM will...
The mated Pegasus XL rocket - AIM spacecraft is moved onto a transporter in Building 1655 at Vandenberg Air Force...