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 team of engineers and technicians work on deploying and stowing stationary plasma thrusters (SPT) on NASA's Psyche...
NASA team members prepare the agency’s Psyche spacecraft for integration with its twin solar arrays inside the...
Team members have retracted the two solar arrays attached to NASA’s Psyche spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft stands tall atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch...
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft moved to Building 9 at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft stands tall atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch...
A NASA team received and unloaded solar arrays for the agency's Psyche spacecraft, on July 15, 2023. The solar...
Team members prepare to integrate the second of two solar arrays with the agency’s Psyche spacecraft inside the...
Mysterious and fleeting, gamma-ray bursts come from galaxies so far away that they take billions of years to reach...
In this photograph, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was being deployed on April 25, 1990. The photograph was taken...
The galaxy UGC 1382 has been revealed to be far larger and stranger than previously thought. Astronomers relied on a...
The Interferometer Protein Crystal Growth (IPCG) experiment was designed to measure details of how protein molecules...
The Interferometer Protein Crystal Growth (IPCG) experiment was designed to measure details of how protein molecules...
A comparison image of the M100 Galactic Nucleus, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Planetary...
The Interferometer Protein Crystal Growth (IPCG) experiment was designed to measure details of how protein molecules...
The Interferometer Protein Crstal Growth (IPCG) experiment was designed to measure details of how protein molecules...
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being assembled in the clean room of the Lockheed Missile...
This image is a color composite of the supernova remnant E0102-72: x-ray (blue), optical (green), and radio (red)....
iss053e130305 (Oct. 24, 2017) --- The Kestrel Eye IIM (KE2M) CubeSat is deployed from the tip of the Dextre attached...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Collimation setup is underway on a newly installed five-meter focal length telescope in...
S65-61777 (8 Dec. 1965) --- Close-up view of a laser transmitter unit which is being used for the Gemini-7 Optical...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As the sun was rising over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an early morning rain...
iss050e035112 (1/24/2017) --- NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough completing the Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus...
Engineering technician Jeff Howell mounts conventional strain gauges to the Mock Truss-Braced Wing 10-foot model at...