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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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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy...
Workers deploy the solar arrays on NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, in the Building 1...
Layers in the lower portion of two neighboring buttes within the Noctis Labyrinthus formation on Mars are visible in...
Workers deploy the solar arrays on NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, in the Building 1...
Solar activity is heating up, and NASA’s SunRISE mission is getting ready to reveal the turbulent workings of our...
This observance from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a formation of large outflow channels on Mars Aureum Chaos.
The solar arrays on NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, are unfurled in the Building 1 high...
This image shows a neutron star -- the core of a star that exploded in a massive supernova. This particular neutron...
NASA's Voyager 2 acquired this black and white image of Triton, Neptune's largest satellite, during the night of...
This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft, highlights a feature on Jupiter where multiple...
This visualization shows water features on New York's Long Island – shown as bright pink splotches nestled within...
ECOSTRESS acquired this image the night of July 9, 2018, over Egypt. Yellow and red indicate generally higher...
The top graph consists of infrared data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. It tells astronomers that a distant...
The solar arrays on NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, are unfurled in the Building 1 high...
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the scattered remains of an exploded star named Cassiopeia A....
This photo, captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys, is Hubble's latest view...
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 39 crew aboard the ISS. Night view of city lights. Image was released by...
iss071e056627 (May 6, 2024) --- The city lights of Bangkok,Thailand, and its suburbs contrast with the green lights...
Two Phase Flow Facility, Toffy Modular Light Emitting Diode (LED) Light System Camera file: 45548822 PSD on backup...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Several different types of 21-day-old plants grow in analog VEGGIE pillows include, from...
This artist's concept illustrates one possible answer to the puzzle of the "giant galactic blobs." These blobs...
iss030e119777 (3/3/2012) --- A view of the night earth taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS) showing an...
Ronald Sicker, Light Microscopy Module Payload Manager from NASA Glenn Research Center, explains the way you can get...
Scores of baby stars shrouded by dust are revealed in this infrared image of the star-forming region NGC 2174, as...