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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.

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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: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the cylindrical payload canister is lowered around Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-B).  Once secure inside the canister, the rover will be transported to Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for mating with the Delta rocket.  The second of twin rovers being sent to Mars, it is equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow it to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go.  MER-B is scheduled to launch from Pad 17-B June 26 at one of two available times,  12:27:31 a.m. EDT or 1:08:45 a.m. EDT.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the cylindrical payload canister is lowered around Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-B). Once secure inside the canister, the rover will be transported to Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for mating with the Delta rocket. The second of twin rovers being sent to Mars, it is equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow it to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-B is scheduled to launch from Pad 17-B June 26 at one of two available times, 12:27:31 a.m. EDT or 1:08:45 a.m. EDT.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the cylindrical payload canister is...

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NASA image: STS-99 crewmembers train in orbiter mock-up
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STS-99 crewmembers train in orbiter mock-up

S99-10565 (24 August 1999) --- Astronaut Mamoru Mohri, STS-99 mission specialist, goes over a checklist on the mid...

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Workers make final checks as the second part of the bi-sector payload fairing for the Advanced Composition Explorer...

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VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – Technicians install the second half of the payload fairing over the NuSTAR spacecraft as...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers adjust a second layer of the payload canister around the Space Infrared...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload bay...

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VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – Technicians install one half of the payload fairing over the NuSTAR spacecraft as they...

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VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – Technicians install the second half of the payload fairing over the NuSTAR spacecraft as...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload bay...

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VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – Technicians install the second half of the payload fairing over the NuSTAR spacecraft as...

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VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – Technicians install the second half of the payload fairing over the NuSTAR spacecraft as...

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NASA image: NASA Leadership Tours Wallops Flight Facility
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NASA Leadership Tours Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen through the structure of the Wallops Arc Second Pointer balloon payload being...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-123 Pilot Dominic Gorie (second from right)...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-123 Pilot Dominic Gorie (second from right)...

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NASA image: GOES-S Spacecraft Transport from Astrotech to Pad 41
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Feb 16, 2018

GOES-S Spacecraft Transport from Astrotech to Pad 41

The payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), secured on a...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3, the new orbital boom sensor system is lowered...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3, a crane carries the new orbital boom sensor...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3, workers check the installation of the new...

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NASA image: Crouch and Gernhardt unpack items from Spacelab center aisle
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Crouch and Gernhardt unpack items from Spacelab center aisle

STS083-308-021 (4-8 April 1997) --- Payload specialist Roger K. Crouch and astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, mission...

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STS083-308-025 (4-8 April 1997) --- Payload specialist Roger K. Crouch, talks to ground controllers while working at...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In bay 3 of NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Orbiter Processing Facility, the payload bay...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vice President George F. Bush, center left, is pictured with Payload Specialist Wubbo...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In bay 3 of NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Orbiter Processing Facility, the Multi-Purpose...

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CLPS Initiative Machines 2 (IM-2) Live Launch Coverage

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s...

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