Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.
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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This frame from an animation illustrates asteroid-hunting results from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or...
This mosaic of the surface of asteroid Vesta was made from images obtained by NASA Dawn spacecraft while the area...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope spotted a four-way collision, or merger, in a giant cluster of galaxies, called...
This Mars Global Surveyor MGS Mars Orbiter Camera MOC image shows a layered, light-toned mesa among other layered...
This is an image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope of stars and galaxies in the Ursa Major constellation. This...
NASA Cassini spacecraft obtained this view of the south polar area of Saturn moon Enceladus in visible and...
The BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole used a specialized array of superconducting detectors to capture polarized...
The light-toned materials at the bottom end of this anaglyph fomr NASA Mars Global Surveyor are considered to be...
Dense filaments of gas in the IC5146 interstellar cloud can be seen clearly in this image taken in infrared light by...
NASA Cassini Orbiter sees Titan become obscured as it moves into eclipse by Saturn. Most of the light comes from...
The moons Mimas and Janus seem insignificant in front of the immensity of Saturn in this NASA Cassini spacecraft...
This majestic view taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope tells an untold story of life and death in the Eagle...
This image from ESA Herschel Space Observatory shows of a portion of the Rosette nebula, a stellar nursery about...
This artist concept shows how NASA Spitzer Space Telescope was able to detect a super Earth direct light for the...
This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area...
Wispy tendrils of hot dust and gas glow brightly in this ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop nebula, taken by NASA...
NASA CloudSat passed over Sandy at 10:32 a.m. EDT on Oct. 27, 2012. Light to moderate precipitation associated with...
Stardust Capsule Return as seen from NASA DC-8 Airborne Laboratory with a mission to explore the conditions during...
New stars are forming inside this giant cloud of dust and gas as seen in infrared light by NASA Wide-field Infrared...
This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows the nearby galaxy M83. This is a spiral galaxy...
Two different seasons on Titan in different hemispheres can be seen in this image. The moon northern half appears...
Bright sunlight on Rhea shows off the cratered surface of Saturn second largest moon in this image captured by NASA...
ESA Herschel Space Observatory first spotted the colliding duo in images taken with longer-wavelength infrared light...
The magnetic field of our Milky Way galaxy as seen by ESA Planck satellite. This image was compiled from the first...