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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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When you navigate with a compass you can orient yourself thanks to Earth's global magnetic field. But on Mars, if...
Astrobiologists like Jason Dworkin are keenly interested in the origins of life on Earth, but the evidence that they...
The OSIRIS-REx mission, launching in September 2016, plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023 so...
The Cassini-Huygens mission arrived at Saturn in 2004, beginning an epic thirteen-year tour of the ringed planet and...
Since the 1960’s, scientists have suspected that frozen water could survive in cold, dark craters at the Moon’s...
During the June 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is...
During the June 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is...
During the June 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is...
During the June 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is...
During the June 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is...
When composited into a global mosaic, the images from LROC's wide angle lens can show the mineral content and...
During the June 2011 lunar eclipse, scientists will be able to get a unique view of the moon. While the sun is...
An interview with NASA Planetary Research Scientist Brigette Hesman, discussing her study of Saturn's 2010 Great...
NASA researchers have their boots on the ground and wings in the skies in Gabon, on Africa¹s west coast, for a...
The Cassini-Huygens mission arrived at Saturn in 2004, beginning an epic thirteen-year tour of the ringed planet and...
High above the thin Martian skies, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is carrying out a mission: determine how Mars lost its...
Number 2 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of the 'squashed' heliosphere when Voyager 1 and 2 crossed...
Number 3 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of how the auroras form from magnetic reconnection.
An introduction plus Number 5 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries, which include the discovery of sunspots by Galileo in...
Since she was a little girl, Carrie Anderson has wanted to be an astronomer. Now, as a space scientist at NASA...
The philosophy of NASA's Mars Program has been "Follow the water," but "Where did the atmosphere go?" is still a...
A countdown of the top 5 solar discoveries from the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. These include the...
USA Today Education, in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, brings the final section of a six-part...
Magnetic fields are all around us, unseen forces that can shape their environments in profound ways. Earth's...