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 photograph depicts four Mars views in northern summer provided by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The upper...
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being positioned for release from the Space Shuttle...
This Chandra image reveals, in detail, the turbulent debris created by a supernova explosion that was observed by...
Astronaut Story Musgrave, anchored to the end of the remote manipulator arm, prepares to be elevated to the top of...
In this photograph, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is clearing the cargo bay during its deployment on April 25,...
This is a photograph of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), formerly Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF),...
Chandra X-Ray Observatory provided this composite X-ray (blue and green) and optical (red) image of the active...
This drawing illustrates Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Faint Object Camera (FOC). The FOC reflects light down...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) pictured in the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF) support fixture during final...
Engineers and technicians conduct a fit check of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Solar Array flight article in a...
This is a color Hubble Space Telescope (HST) heritage image of supernova remnant N49, a neighboring galaxy, that was...
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this spectacular image of G292.0+1.8, a young, oxygen-rich supernova...
This is a photograph of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), formerly Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF),...
This illustration of the Comet-Shoemaker/Levy collision shows the first piece of the remains of the comet crashing...
A comparison image of the M100 Galactic Nucleus, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Planetary...
In this sturning image provided by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Omega Nebula (M17) resembles the fury of a...
This Chandra image, the first x-ray image ever made of Venus, shows a half crescent due to the relative orientation...
This image of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL-2688 and located roughly 3,000 light-years from us, was taken in red...
This photo, captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys, is Hubble's latest view...
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror being ground at the Perkin-Elmer...
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by a...
The STS-31 crew launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990 at 8:33:51am (EDT). Included in the...
NGC 3603 is a bustling region of star birth in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, about 20,000...
Giving scientists their first look, Chandra observed x-rays produced by fluorescent radiation from oxygen atoms of...