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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A witch appears to be screaming out into space in this new image from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or...
The NISAR satellite, partially covered in gold-hued thermal blanketing, enters the thermal vacuum chamber at the...
This composite image of the first borehole drilled by NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars was generated using multiple...
Before collecting a rock sample at a spot nicknamed "Lefroy Bay," NASA's Perseverance Mars rover employed an...
This mosaic is composed of the sharpest views of Pluto that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft obtained during its flyby...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover generated this mineral map showing the presence of two minerals – vivianite (purple...
A crane lowers a four-legged support structure called a quadripod onto the steel framework of the Deep Space Station...
This photograph shows the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO) being deployed by the Remote Manipulator System (RMS)...
At left is NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The annotation shows where spacesuit materials can be found attached to a...
A crane lowers the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for the Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector...
The lid of a specialized container is lifted to reveal NISAR, the Earth-observing radar satellite jointly developed...
In this photograph, Dr. Gerald Fishman of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), a principal investigator of the...
The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, instrument launches aboard a commercial communications...
Despite a somewhat ragged appearance on satellite imagery, Arthur has strengthened overnight. NOAA and Air Force...
This highest-resolution image from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft shows how erosion and faulting has sculpted this...
A witch appears to be screaming out into space in this new image from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or...
Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans move the liquid hydrogen tank of NASA’s Space Launch...
This animation shows each step of the Ingenuity helicopter deploying from the belly of NASA's Perseverance Mars...
This frame from a movie is composed of the sharpest views of Pluto that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft obtained...
This night-time view of Cyclone Evan was taken from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on...
Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans move the liquid hydrogen tank of NASA’s Space Launch...
The debris shield, a protective covering on the bottom of NASA's Perseverance rover, was released on March 21, 2021,...
Inside the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, technicians secure the...
Inside the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, technicians monitor the...