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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: KSC-2009-2148
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Mar 10, 2009

KSC-2009-2148

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

KSC
NASA image: NICER Transfer (for SpaceX CRS-11)
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Apr 12, 2017

NICER Transfer (for SpaceX CRS-11)

Inside the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Neutron star...

KSC
NASA image: KSC-2009-2152
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Mar 10, 2009

KSC-2009-2152

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the...

KSC
NASA image: KSC-2009-2162
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Mar 18, 2009

KSC-2009-2162

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...

KSC
NASA image: KSC-2009-2163
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Mar 18, 2009

KSC-2009-2163

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...

KSC
NASA image: SPHEREx Undergoes Acoustic Testing
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Jan 23, 2025

SPHEREx Undergoes Acoustic Testing

NASA's SPHEREx observatory is installed in the Fiesta Area at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in July 2024. The...

JPL
NASA image: Water Ice on Pluto
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Oct 8, 2015

Water Ice on Pluto

Regions with exposed water ice are highlighted in blue in this composite image from New Horizons' Ralph instrument,...

JPL
NASA image: NICER Packaging for SpaceX CRS-11
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Apr 6, 2017

NICER Packaging for SpaceX CRS-11

Inside the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians assist...

KSC
NASA image: KSC-2009-2151
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Mar 10, 2009

KSC-2009-2151

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, under...

KSC
NASA image: KSC-2009-2167
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Mar 18, 2009

KSC-2009-2167

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

KSC
NASA image: KSC-2009-2168
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Mar 18, 2009

KSC-2009-2168

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...

KSC
NASA image:  SPHEREx Prepared for Thermal Vacuum Testing
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Jan 23, 2025

SPHEREx Prepared for Thermal Vacuum Testing

NASA's SPHEREx observatory is installed in the Titan Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test Chamber at BAE Systems in Boulder,...

JPL
NASA image: SPHEREx in Orbit (Artist's Concept)
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Jan 23, 2025

SPHEREx in Orbit (Artist's Concept)

NASA's SPHEREx mission will operate in low Earth orbit, detecting hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies and...

JPL
NASA image: KSC-2009-2149
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Mar 10, 2009

KSC-2009-2149

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, under...

KSC
NASA image: Mars 2020's SHERLOC Instrument
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May 26, 2020

Mars 2020's SHERLOC Instrument

A close-up view of an engineering model of SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for...

JPL
NASA image: KSC-2009-2166
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Mar 18, 2009

KSC-2009-2166

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

KSC
NASA image: KSC-2009-2164
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Mar 18, 2009

KSC-2009-2164

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...

KSC
NASA image: NICER Transfer (for SpaceX CRS-11)
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Apr 12, 2017

NICER Transfer (for SpaceX CRS-11)

Inside the Space Station Processing Facility high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Neutron star...

KSC
NASA image: SPHEREx's Perspective From Orbit (Artist's Concept)
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Jan 23, 2025

SPHEREx's Perspective From Orbit (Artist's Concept)

NASA's SPHEREx mission will create the first all-sky spectroscopic survey in the near-infrared, detecting hundreds...

JPL
NASA image: Building an All-Sky Map With SPHEREx (Artist's Concept)
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Jan 23, 2025

Building an All-Sky Map With SPHEREx (Artist's Concept)

NASA's SPHEREx observatory will map the entire sky to help scientists answer big-picture questions about the origins...

JPL
NASA image: Microgravity
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Jul 1, 2000

Microgravity

What appear to be boulders fresh from a tumble down a mountain are really grains of Ottawa sand, a standard material...

MSFC
NASA image: SPHEREx: Part of a Lineage of NASA Space Telescopes
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Jan 23, 2025

SPHEREx: Part of a Lineage of NASA Space Telescopes

In this illustration, NASA's SPHEREx mission is highlighted among a line of other NASA space telescopes. The mission...

JPL
NASA image: Tawals Crater
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Aug 3, 2017

Tawals Crater

This image taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a region located next to the northwestern rim of Urvara Crater on...

JPL
NASA image: Quasars' Multiple Images Shed Light on Tiny Dark Matter Clumps
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Jan 8, 2020

Quasars' Multiple Images Shed Light on Tiny Dark Matter Clumps

Each of these Hubble Space Telescope snapshots reveals four distorted images of a background quasar (an extremely...

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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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