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NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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.

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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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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-114 crew is welcomed to Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, by Joseph Chaput, with United Space Alliance. The crew, from left, are Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, Commander Eileen Collins, Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson and (partially hidden) Pilot James Kelly. Noguchi is with the Japanese space agency NASDA. On the mission, the crew will carry the MultiPurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and External Stowage Platform 2 to the International Space Station. The MPLM will contain supplies and equipment. Another goal of the mission is to remove and replace a Control Moment Gyro. Launch date for mission STS-114 is under review. Hangar AF is the site where SRB Retrieval Ships return the spent solid rocket boosters after a Shuttle launch. The SRBs are lifted from the water and placed on rail cars to begin the disassembly and refurbishment process.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-114 crew is welcomed to Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, by Joseph Chaput, with United Space Alliance. The crew, from left, are Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, Commander Eileen Collins, Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson and (partially hidden) Pilot James Kelly. Noguchi is with the Japanese space agency NASDA. On the mission, the crew will carry the MultiPurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and External Stowage Platform 2 to the International Space Station. The MPLM will contain supplies and equipment. Another goal of the mission is to remove and replace a Control Moment Gyro. Launch date for mission STS-114 is under review. Hangar AF is the site where SRB Retrieval Ships return the spent solid rocket boosters after a Shuttle launch. The SRBs are lifted from the water and placed on rail cars to begin the disassembly and refurbishment process.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-114 crew is welcomed to Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, by Joseph...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC management and other employees gather in the Center’s television studio to watch the address by President George W. Bush at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., stating his goals for NASA’s new mission: Completing the International Space Station, retiring the Space Shuttle orbiters, developing a new crew exploration vehicle, and returning to the moon and beyond within the next two decades. Pres. Bush was welcomed by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe and Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, who greeted him from the International Space Station. Members of the Washington, D.C., audience included astronauts Eileen Collins, Ed Lu and Michael Lopez-Alegria, and former astronaut Gene Cernan.
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Jan 14, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC management and other employees gather in the Center’s television studio to watch the address by President George W. Bush at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., stating his goals for NASA’s new mission: Completing the International Space Station, retiring the Space Shuttle orbiters, developing a new crew exploration vehicle, and returning to the moon and beyond within the next two decades. Pres. Bush was welcomed by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe and Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, who greeted him from the International Space Station. Members of the Washington, D.C., audience included astronauts Eileen Collins, Ed Lu and Michael Lopez-Alegria, and former astronaut Gene Cernan.

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Jul 19, 1999

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Singer-songwriter Judy Collins performs her original song, "Beyond the Sky," at the KSC Visitor Complex's Imax...

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NASA image: STS-114 Japanese Tour Postflight
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Oct 2, 2005

STS-114 Japanese Tour Postflight

JSC2005-E-40334 (2 October 2005) --- Members of the crew that returned the Space Shuttle to flight earlier this year...

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Dec 8, 2021

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COSMONAUT AND SPACE FLIGHT TOURISTS LAUNCH TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and...

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NASA image: 42S hatch opening sequence
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Mar 28, 2015

42S hatch opening sequence

ISS043E056045 (03/28/2015) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is...

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Nov 2, 2012

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Flag waving children welcome the space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Space Florida's...

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NASA image: NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.
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Oct 19, 2016

NASA Public Affairs and NUANCE Lab News Conference at Reno-Stead Airport.

News Conference following the test of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) technical capability Level...

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NASA image: Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur
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Oct 11, 2018

Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, left, is welcomed by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after...

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Nov 11, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The crew members for the STS-126 mission arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to...

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NASA image: Expedition 39 Soyuz TMA-11M Landing
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May 14, 2014

Expedition 39 Soyuz TMA-11M Landing

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) President Naoki Okumura, background left, looks on as a boxes of Karaganda...

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NASA image: INFINITY Science Center taking shape
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Sep 6, 2010

INFINITY Science Center taking shape

Construction of the new INFINITY Science Center is proceeding just west of the Mississippi Welcome Center at exit 2...

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NASA image: STS-101 crew return at Ellington Field
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May 30, 2000

STS-101 crew return at Ellington Field

JSC2000-04607 (30 May 2000) --- Astronaut James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander, speaks to a crowd at the...

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NASA image: Expedition 41 Soyuz TMA-13M Landing
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Nov 10, 2014

Expedition 41 Soyuz TMA-13M Landing

Women in ceremonial Kazakh dress prepare to welcome home Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal...

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NASA image: Arrival of Expedition 20 crewmembers
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May 29, 2009

Arrival of Expedition 20 crewmembers

ISS020-E-005055 (29 May 2009) --- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (right), Expedition 19/20 commander, welcomes cosmonaut...

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May 23, 2005

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Tiffany Nail: Now that we've learned a bit about the mission and heard from members of our launch team, we're...

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NASA image: Expedition 61 Soyuz Landing
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Feb 6, 2020

Expedition 61 Soyuz Landing

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020...

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NASA image: Obama Kennedy Space Center Visit
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Apr 14, 2010

Obama Kennedy Space Center Visit

Gen. C. Robert Kehler, Commander, Air Force Space Command, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, 2nd from...

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NASA image: Expedition 54 Preflight
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Dec 14, 2017

Expedition 54 Preflight

A mosaic welcoming visitors is seen outside the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Expedition 54...

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Dec 18, 1965

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-7 - RECOVERY - ATLANTIC

S65-61823 (18 Dec. 1965) --- Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (left), Gemini-7 pilot, and Frank Borman (right),...

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Apr 17, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After a welcoming ceremony for the Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section of...

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Sep 5, 2014

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2381: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore...

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NASA image: Expedition 39 Soyuz TMA-11M Landing
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May 14, 2014

Expedition 39 Soyuz TMA-11M Landing

Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) answers questions from the...

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NASA image: Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing
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Oct 3, 2019

Expedition 60 Soyuz MS-12 Landing

Matryoshka Dolls depicting visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, left, Expedition 60...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC management and other employees gather in the Center’s television studio to watch...

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