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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.
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’s Operation IceBridge has wrapped up its 2015 Arctic field campaign after covering a vast expanse of science...
Marit Meyer, research aerospace engineer, Aerosol Science and Instrumentation, NASA, speaks on a panel on improving...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker checks the wiring for a camera attached to the second...
New Horizons co-investigator Kelsi Singer of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, CO, and New Horizons...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission One lander prepares for a launch to the...
ISS011-E-09831 (29 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and...
Dr. Ted Maxwell, Associate Director for the Department of Collections and Research at the National Air and Space...
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, speaks, Wednesday evening, Sept. 9, 2009, during a celebration of the Hubble...
Scientists Ryan Boyd (left) and Vladislav Sevostianov (right) attend to the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science...
S71-44668 (31 July-2 Aug. 1971) --- An oblique view of the crater Humboldt, as photographed by the Fairchild metric...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --The STS-109 flight hardware for maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker adjusts a bracket around the camera he is attaching...
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden delivers his remarks during a press conference where NASA unveiled new images...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen from a distance, NASA's Swift spacecraft lifts off from Complex 17A, Cape...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker attaches a camera to the second stage of the Delta II...
The second stage of the Delta II Heavy rocket is ready for mating onto the first stage, below. The rocket will...
Electrostatic levitation system inside Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) vacuum chamber. The ESL uses static electricity...
jsc2024e005981 (9/15/2023) --- The robotic surgery device is shown positioned inside the science locker, with the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Delta II launch vehicle for NASA’s Swift spacecraft is poised for launch at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The engines of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle ignite to blast NASA's Swift...
Creating a golden streak in the night sky, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
In this February 2015 scene from a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, specialists are building the...
Artist rendition of the formation of rocky bodies in the solar system -- how they form and differentiate and evolve...