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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 view of southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 18th revolution of the earth....
ISS042E007131 (11/22/2014) — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured this image of a huge crater...
Image taken 1/11/2001: The so-called Richat Structure is a geological formation in the Maur Adrar Desert in the...
The General Dynamics TACT/F-111A (Serial #63-9778) banks over the Mojave Desert. Note the fully loaded racks of...
STS103-728-022 (19-27 December 1999)--- One of the astronauts aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery used...
ISS022-E-066972 (17 Feb. 2010) --- This image is the first taken through a first of its kind “bay window” on the...
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner’s airbags inflate in preparation for landing in the New Mexico desert in the company’s...
Millions of miles from Earth lies a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere. You know this planet as...
ISS034-E-009924 (21 Dec. 2012) --- As the International Space Station and Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft were making their...
Get a behind the scenes look at the creation of NASA’s new spacesuit, the xEMU (Exploration Get a behind the scenes...
STS100-S-022 (1 May 2001) --- Six astronauts and a cosmonaut pose with their "home away from home" after...
S77-28541 (23 Sept 1977) --- The NASA 747 carrier aircraft and six T-38 jets fly over the shuttle Orbiter 101...
STS092-S-021 [EC00-0311-2](24 October 2000 --- The main landing gear on the Space Shuttle Discovery is just about to...
S81-39563 (14 Nov. 1981) --- This view of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) was made with a hand-held 70mm camera...
This is a view of the Emi Koussi Caldera captured by the Expedition Six Crew Observation (CEO) experiment aboard the...
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner’s airbags inflate in preparation for landing in the New Mexico desert in the company’s...
iss073e1025732 (Oct. 18, 2025) --- The Himalayas separate mainland Asia from the Indian subcontinent, revealing an...
STS030-S-123 (8 May 1989) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis glides toward a landing on the Mojave Desert after spending...
After a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back, the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule landed in the Utah...
SL4-138-3756 (28 Dec. 1973) --- The northern half of Mauritania's Atlantic Coast, as photographed from the Skylab...
STS112-707-035 (7-18 October 2002) --- The Colorado River snakes across this view, photographed from the Space...
NASA's single-seat F-16XL makes a drag chute landing on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave...
Llullaillaco is a stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile. It lies on a high plateau close to the Atacama...
Used as a directional indicator the compass rose guides pilots flying test and experimental aircraft like the...