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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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being transferred from the Vertical Assembly Test Area (VATA) to the High Bay at...
This is an artist's concept of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST is the product of a partnership between...
This drawing illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS). The HST's two...
At a distance of 6,000 light years from Earth, the star cluster RCW 38 is a relatively close star-forming region....
In this photograph, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was being deployed on April 25, 1990. The photograph was taken...
This photograph captures the installation of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, formerly Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics...
The nearby intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in the Orion constellation reveals a bow shock...
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope after being released into orbit, with the high gain...
Taken by the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), this image of MyCn18, a...
This new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is of the nearby dwarf galaxy NGC 1569. This galaxy is...
This is a computer rendering of the fully developed Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), formerly Advanced X-Ray...
This close-up of astronaut and mission specialist, Kathryn Thornton, was captured under water in the Marshall Space...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National...
This illustration depicts a side view of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST is the product of a partnership...
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) flight article assembly with multilayer insulation, high gain...
This photo shows the High Resolution Camera (HRC) for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), formerly Advanced X-Ray...
A crew member of the STS-93 mission took this photograph of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, still attached to the...
This Chandra image of Jupiter shows concentrations of aurora x-rays near the north and south poles due to a single...
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have identified what may be the most luminous star known; a...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National...
This is an extraordinary first image from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A,...
The STS-31 crew launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990 at 8:33:51am (EDT). Included in the...
These eerie, dark, pillar-like structures are actually columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that are...