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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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The first of two solar arrays for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been extended inside the Astrotech Space Operations...
Team members begin to retract the second of two solar arrays attached to NASA’s Psyche spacecraft inside the...
Team members begin to retract the second of two solar arrays attached to NASA’s Psyche spacecraft inside the...
The Prelaunch News Conference ahead of launch for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, a mission to a unique metal-rich...
The science briefing ahead of launch for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, a mission to a unique metal-rich asteroid. Psyche...
The science briefing ahead of launch for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, a mission to a unique metal-rich asteroid. Psyche...
This plot shows data obtained from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment,...
A camera view zooms in from NASA Phoenix Mars Lander launch site all the way to Phoenix Microscopy and...
Astronaut Thomas D. Akers uses a power wrench to deploy one of the tools on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during...
These two images of the eastern part of the island of Oahu, Hawaii provide information on regional topography and...
Engineer Erin Wilson adds aluminum tape to electrical cables to protect them from the cold during environmental...
STS061-94-050 (8 Dec 1993) --- Astronaut Thomas D. Akers maneuvers inside the bay which will house the Corrective...
iss036e016736 (7/9/2013) --- Close-up view of the Optical Reflector Materials Experiment III Ram/Wake (ORMatE-III...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Pegasus XL launch vehicle is ready for a re-mate with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer...
STS061-98-0AR (8 Dec 1993) --- Earth is partially illuminated but the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Clouds of exhaust form around a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle as it blasts...
Megan MacDonald, left, leads NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Victor J. Glover, right, on a tour of the Laser...
jsc2019e062141 910/16/2019) --- Preflight back view of the iSIM IOD flight unit. The iSIM, integrated Standard...
At the launch pad perimeter camera site at Launch Complex 39B, news media representatives are briefed on the...
ISS036-E-035130 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
A virtual tour of the JSC Lighting Lab that provides internal and external lighting requirements verification for...
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during an advanced technology run in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle stands ready to launch NASA’s Swift...
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during a nighttime advanced technology...