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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.

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 image: DART Encapsulation
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Nov 16, 2021

DART Encapsulation

Inside SpaceX’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, both halves of the Falcon...

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NASA image: Hubble Sees Pinwheel of Star Birth
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Sees Pinwheel of Star Birth

NASA image release October 19, 2010 Though the universe is chock full of spiral-shaped galaxies, no two look exactly...

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NASA image:  Europa Clipper's 'Golden Record'
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Mar 8, 2024

Europa Clipper's 'Golden Record'

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a special message when it launches in October 2024 and heads toward...

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NASA image: Dark Matter Core Defies Explanation
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Dec 8, 2017

Dark Matter Core Defies Explanation

NASA image release March 2, 2012 This composite image shows the distribution of dark matter, galaxies, and hot gas...

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NASA image: Science Instruments on NASA Mars 2020 Rover
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Jun 10, 2015

Science Instruments on NASA Mars 2020 Rover

This 2015 diagram shows components of the investigations payload for NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission. Mars 2020 will...

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NASA image: NASA's NEOWISE Captures Final Image Moments Before End of Mission
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Aug 8, 2024

NASA's NEOWISE Captures Final Image Moments Before End of Mission

This starfield was imaged by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) moments before...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0148
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Jan 13, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the radioisotope...

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NASA image: ARC-1994-AC94-0353-1
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Jul 7, 1994

ARC-1994-AC94-0353-1

This is a composite photo, assembled from separate images of Jupiter and Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 as imaged by the...

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NASA image: A Deep Dive Into a Jupiter Vortex
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Oct 28, 2021

A Deep Dive Into a Jupiter Vortex

The image on the left, taken by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, has been annotated to depict the...

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NASA image: NASA's Lunar Flashlight Spotted From Earth on Its Way to the Moon
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Dec 23, 2022

NASA's Lunar Flashlight Spotted From Earth on Its Way to the Moon

These images show two observations of NASA's Lunar Flashlight and the private ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 as the two...

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NASA image: A Deep Dive Into Jupiter's Great Red Spot
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Oct 28, 2021

A Deep Dive Into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

The annotated image on the left from the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft depicts the anticyclonic...

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NASA image: Hubble Spins a Web Into a Giant Red Spider Nebula
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Spins a Web Into a Giant Red Spider Nebula

Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula called the Red Spider Nebula, located some 3,000 light-years away...

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NASA image: Space Science
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Apr 1, 2002

Space Science

This picture of the galaxy UGC 10214 was was taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which was installed...

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NASA image: Juno Dives Deep Into a Brown Barge
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Oct 28, 2021

Juno Dives Deep Into a Brown Barge

The color-enhanced image on the left is from the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft and has been annotated...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0146
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Jan 13, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the radioisotope...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0151
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Jan 13, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the radioisotope...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0145
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Jan 13, 2006

KSC-06pd0145

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers on the ground...

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NASA image: PIXL Image of Salts in Bellegarde
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Sep 10, 2021

PIXL Image of Salts in Bellegarde

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its PIXL (Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry) instrument to analyze...

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NASA image:  How Perseverance's PIXL Gets Close to a Rock Target
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Dec 12, 2023

How Perseverance's PIXL Gets Close to a Rock Target

This time-lapse video, which has been sped up by 24 times, uses an engineering model of one of the instruments...

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NASA image: KSC-05-S-00324
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Dec 22, 2005

KSC-05-S-00324

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, built in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,...

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NASA image: LADEE Encapsulated in the Fairing
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Dec 8, 2017

LADEE Encapsulated in the Fairing

Engineers at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia prepare to encapsulate the LADEE spacecraft into the fairing...

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NASA image: LADEE Preparations
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Dec 8, 2017

LADEE Preparations

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft being prepared in the clean room at Wallops...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd0152
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Jan 13, 2006

KSC-06pd0152

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — On Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the radioisotope...

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NASA image: NASA's SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapses SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse
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Dec 8, 2017

NASA's SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapses SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse

Less than once per decade, Mercury passes between the Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

Are NASA images free to use?+
Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
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.
Can I download NASA images?+
Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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