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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.
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STS135-S-231 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the...
STS135-S-238 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the...
STS115-S-001 (February 2003) --- This is the STS-115 insignia. This mission continues the assembly of the...
There’s more than one way to study the impact of biofuels. For NASA scientists, it means trailing an aircraft from...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover demonstrated a new multitasking capability when capturing this view: It snapped the 15...
Diarrheal diseases such as cholera continue to be a public health threat. Prediction of an outbreak of diarrheal...
A science instrument aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is the first extraterrestrial application of...
This series of images taken by NASA's New Horizons' Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) shows how Pluto and...
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON -- STS123-S-001-- STS-123 continues assembly of the International Space Station (ISS)....
STS116-S-001 (July 2006) --- The STS-116 patch design signifies the continuing assembly of the International Space...
STS123-S-001 (Oct. 2007) --- STS-123 continues assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). The primary...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the cloud-scattered sky trailing fire and...
A January 6, 2002 ASTER nighttime thermal infrared image of Chiliques volcano in Chile shows a hot spot in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Viewed from the NASA News Center, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Touchdown is evidenced by the streams of smoke trailing space shuttle Endeavour as its main...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Viewed from a vantage point on the nearby river bank, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft...
After a couple of years in high-inclination orbits that limited its ability to encounter Saturn's moons, NASA's...
A Fairchild C-82 Packet is purposely destroyed by researchers at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...
Taking advantage of an unprecedented alignment of eight satellites through the vast magnetic environment that...
Clouds. Whether brilliantly bright or dark and foreboding, clouds are an everyday sight that defies our...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Viewed from the NASA News Center, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the...
High-altitude aircraft leave behind condensation trails, or contrails, which form when extra water vapor is injected...
These two images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show how the spacecraft's perspective changed as it passed within...
On Nov. 29, 2021, NASA's Juno mission completed its 38th close flyby of Jupiter. As the spacecraft sped low over the...