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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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This is an artist's concept of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST is the product of a partnership between...
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope after being released into orbit, with the high gain...
This illustration depicts a side view of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST is the product of a partnership...
This image illustrates the overall Hubble Space Telescope (HST) configuration. The HST is the product of a...
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being positioned for release from the Space Shuttle...
In this photograph, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is clearing the cargo bay during its deployment on April 25,...
This drawing illustrates Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Faint Object Camera (FOC). The FOC reflects light down...
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being raised to a vertical position in the cargo bay...
This illustration shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) major configuration elements. The spacecraft has three...
This is a photograph of a 1/15 scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST is the product of a...
BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: Okay. Well, thank you. Space enthusiasts around the world, as you know, have submitted a number of...
Engineers and technicians working on the James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed the first important...
NICER Optics Lead Takashi Okajima makes a fine adjustment to the orientation of one X-ray “concentrator” optic. The...
This illustration depicts the design features of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Support Systems Module (SSM)....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA aerospace engineer Brian Barnett puts on his gloves during suitup before a test...
In this photograph, engineers and technicians prepare the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Wide Field and Planetary...
A crane in a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., lowers a test mass simulator...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
Engineers and technicians conduct a fit check of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Solar Array flight article in a...
View of the Glenn Research Center Hangar from the Cleveland Hopkins Airport Runway during a testing flight on June...
Aerial Photograph of Glenn Research Center With Downtown Cleveland in the Distance taken from the PC-12 on June 13,...
Damage Proxy Map (DPM) v0.5, derived from the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed Spotlight synthetic aperture radar...
A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D. Now,...
Leon Van Speybroeck of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge Massachusetts was awarded the...