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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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iss073e0118391 (May 20, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Anne McClain assembles research...
iss073e0175522 (6/9/2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, assisted by NASA...
jsc2023e038732 (6/9/2023) --- The MaRVIn system is shown as it will be housed in the Microgravity Glovebox (MSG)...
ISS036-E-035205 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
Mechanical technicians crane lift the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) off of the transportation dolly. OCI is a highly...
Patrick Chan, electronics engineer, and NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s FOSS portfolio project manager,...
The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and served as...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers push the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft toward the Pegasus XL...
S89-E-5166 (24 Jan 1998) --- This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) image shows the black space forming the backdrop for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Scott Minnick, with United Space Alliance, places a fiber-optic camera inside the flow...
Scientists Ryan Boyd (left) and Vladislav Sevostianov (right) attend to the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science...
The Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing (CAMMP), a NASA-sponsored Research Partnership Center, is...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft during...
S106-E-5057 (10 September 2000) --- The International Space Station (ISS) is only a few hundred meters away from the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen from a distance, NASA's Swift spacecraft lifts off from Complex 17A, Cape...
NASA RESEARCHER DR. DAVID SMITH AT NASA’S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, ALA., IS LEADING A THREE-YEAR...
iss072e146344 (11/7/2024) --- The MaRVIn system is shown in the Microgravity Glovebox (MSG) facility aboard the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Delta II launch vehicle for NASA’s Swift spacecraft is poised for launch at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The engines of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle ignite to blast NASA's Swift...
ISS036-E-035129 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
S106-E-5054 (10 September 2000) --- The International Space Station (ISS) is now in the view of the crew aboard the...
The Mastcam-Z cameras are on a workbench during their assembly at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. A square...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft during...
ISS030-E-055791 (29 Jan. 2012) --- This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the...