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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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B-roll for media. NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which includes the Perseverance rover, is launching to the Red Planet in...
How did life begin on Earth? This is a fundamental question that is a driving force behind the study of...
The rocks seen here along the shoreline of Lake Salda in Turkey were formed over time by microbes that trap minerals...
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. The mission takes the next step by not...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Karen Holloway-Adkins, KSC wildlife specialist, searches the Banana River for a grass...
Illustrations of NASA's Curiosity and Mars 2020 rovers. While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity's design, each...
An upcoming Commercial Crew Flight Test, training underway for the space station’s next crew, and a new development...
An upcoming Commercial Crew Flight Test, training underway for the space station’s next crew, and a new development...
This footage from 1969 shows researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center examining samples of Moon rocks and soil...
The Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) opens its cover during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion...
This illustration shows NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet. Perseverance will search...
This illustration shows NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet. Perseverance will search...
Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission traveled to the Australian Outback...
Is there potential for life on Europa? This icy moon of Jupiter has a massive ocean hidden beneath its icy crust —...
Does Jupiter’s moon Europa have conditions to support life? NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is set to launch on a...
B-roll and sound bites for media and public use. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern...
Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021,...
The Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday's scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's...
NASA Perseverance rover mission management and scientist celebrate a successful landing on Mars at the start of a...
An image showing where Perseverance Mars rover landed is shown during a NASA Perseverance rover mission post-landing...
A Mars 2020 message is seen on the video board of the Nasdaq MarketSite after NASA's Perseverance rover landed on...
There’s big news coming out of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite (SAM) on NASA’s Curiosity rover. For the...
A serving tray with signatures from the NASA Perseverance Mars rover team is seen in mission control, Thursday, Feb....
Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021,...