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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: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, left, gives remarks during a NASA Perseverance rover press...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, shows a sample tube that will hold...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, gives remarks during a NASA...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, shows a concept model of NASA's orbiting sample container,...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, gives remarks during a NASA...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, left, gives remarks during a NASA...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, shows a sample tube that will hold...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Director of human and robotic exploration, ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Netherlands,...

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NASA image: Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing
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Feb 17, 2021

Mars 2020 Search for Ancient Life Briefing

Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, gives remarks during a NASA...

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NASA image: Hubble Finds Supernova Companion Star after Two Decades of Searching
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Finds Supernova Companion Star after Two Decades of Searching

This is an artist's impression of supernova 1993J, an exploding star in the galaxy M81 whose light reached us 21...

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NASA image: Expedition 37 Landing
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Nov 11, 2013

Expedition 37 Landing

Russian Search and Rescue personnel prepare to assist Expedition 37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg from the helicopter...

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NASA image: The Search for Spokes
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Nov 23, 2006

The Search for Spokes

A broad and ghostly spoke drifts past under the Cassini spacecraft gaze. The spoke-forming region of the B ring...

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NASA image: The Spoke Search
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Oct 5, 2006

The Spoke Search

A group of bright spokes tightly cluster together in Saturn B ring. The spokes seen here generally all exhibit the...

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NASA image: The Search for Life
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Mar 23, 2022

The Search for Life

Submission for NASA Videographer of the Year Award 2021

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NASA image: Mount Ararat, Turkey, Perspective with Landsat Image Overlay
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Jan 22, 2004

Mount Ararat, Turkey, Perspective with Landsat Image Overlay

This perspective view shows Mount Ararat in easternmost Turkey, which has been the site of several searches for the...

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NASA image: Frosted Impact Crater in Late Northern Winter
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Aug 21, 2013

Frosted Impact Crater in Late Northern Winter

This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was planned to search for gully activity in the Northern Hemisphere.

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NASA image:  Searching for Distant Secondary Craters
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Mar 26, 2024

Searching for Distant Secondary Craters

A 150-meter diameter impact crater formed on Mars on 24 December 2021 (see ESP_073077_2155). This is likely the...

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NASA image: Map of Exoplanet Search Areas
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Apr 7, 2016

Map of Exoplanet Search Areas

In a global experiment in exoplanet observation, the K2 mission and Earth-based observatories on six continents will...

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NASA image: How to Find a Living Planet
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Nov 15, 2017

How to Find a Living Planet

The more we see other planets, the more the question comes into focus: Maybe we're the weird one? Decades of...

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NASA image: Perseverance's PIXL at Work on Mars (Illustration)
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Sep 22, 2020

Perseverance's PIXL at Work on Mars (Illustration)

In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover uses the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)....

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NASA image: Lunar Flashlight (Artist's Concept)
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Mar 27, 2019

Lunar Flashlight (Artist's Concept)

This artist's concept shows the Lunar Flashlight spacecraft, a six-unit CubeSat designed to search for ice on the...

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NASA image: Sample Analysis at Mars for Curiosity
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Oct 8, 2010

Sample Analysis at Mars for Curiosity

The Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument will analyze samples of Martian rock and soil collected by the rover arm...

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NASA image: Kepler Team Marks Five Years in Space
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Mar 7, 2014

Kepler Team Marks Five Years in Space

On March 6, 2009, NASA Kepler Space Telescope rocketed into the night skies above Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

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NASA image: Ismenia Fossae: Craters or Pits?
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Apr 15, 2003

Ismenia Fossae: Craters or Pits?

The circular depressions prevalent throughout this scene from NASA Mars Odyssey at first glance appear to be...

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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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