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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This observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of the floor of a large impact crater in the...
This image shows comet Tempel 1 as seen through the clear filter of the medium resolution imager camera on NASA Deep...
iss073e0000370 (April 22, 2025) --- Phoenix, Arizona, with a population of over 1.6 million and surrounded by...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft was acquired to look for frost on these generally...
This image from NASA Dawn mission shows a crater in the northern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta called Bellicia.
Year 2015 got off to a blazing start as NASA conducted its first test of an RS-25 rocket engine on the A-1 Test...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and ESA Herschel mission combined to show this view of the Orion nebula, found below...
NASA NEOWISE spacecraft opened its eyes after more than two years of slumber to see the starry sky with the same...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:24 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
NASA Cassini spacecraft has been monitoring propeller features such as Bleriot since their discovery. The bright...
This frame from a movie, made from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn southern aurora shimmering...
This infrared image taken by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows a star-forming cloud teeming with gas,...
An enhanced close-up view shows at least two distinct jets spraying a mist of fine particles from the south polar...
NASA Cassini Orbiter captures a far-off view of the two-toned surface of Saturn moon, Iapetus. Scientists continue...
Some of the coldest and darkest dust in space shines brightly in this infrared image from the Herschel Observatory,...
This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows the glow of...
Astronomers watched an exoplanet called HD 80606b heat up and cool off during its sizzling-hot orbit around its...
Cassini captures a crater duo Italus on ancient trough called Petelia Fossae, and Caieta, atop Helorus Fossa on...
This series of images from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows a dark mass of gas and dust, called a core, where new...
This still from an animation, made using images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows Occator crater on Ceres, home...
On the morning of February 1, 2011, NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, took its last snapshot of the...
art002e021296 (April 6, 2026) – As the Artemis II crew flew around the far side of the Moon, they captured key...
: Dr. Ramona Mhanna working with NASA Glenn Research Center explains the three different types of ACET-9 experiments...
: Ronald Sicker, NASA Glenn Research Center’s Light Microscopy Project Manager, and Dr. Seong-Geun Jeong, a...