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NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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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NASA image: Blocks of Ejected Material and Small Craters Near a Crater Rim
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Mar 22, 2012

Blocks of Ejected Material and Small Craters Near a Crater Rim

The low sun elevation in this image of NASA Dawn spacecraft of asteroid Vesta enhances small topographic details...

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NASA image: Disk Patterns Form Without Planets
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Jul 12, 2013

Disk Patterns Form Without Planets

This image shows the dust density and the growth of structure in a simulated disk, which extends about 100 times...

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NASA image: NASA SOFIA Captures Images of the Planetary Nebula M2-9
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Mar 29, 2012

NASA SOFIA Captures Images of the Planetary Nebula M2-9

Researchers using NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA have captured infrared images of the...

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NASA image: Temperature Map of Tempel 1
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Oct 20, 2005

Temperature Map of Tempel 1

This is a Tempel 1 temperature map of the nucleus with different spatial resolutions from NASA Deep Impact mission....

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NASA image: Cool Stars May Have Different Prebiotic Chemical Mix
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Apr 7, 2009

Cool Stars May Have Different Prebiotic Chemical Mix

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope detected a prebiotic, or potentially life-forming, molecule called hydrogen cyanide HCN...

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NASA image: South Polar Textures
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Jun 10, 2009

South Polar Textures

As spring turns to summer, the frost cover has been removed from the south polar cap. The surface textures seen in...

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NASA image: South Polar Surface
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Feb 7, 2011

South Polar Surface

The South Pole is receiving sun every day now as spring progresses. The surface texture visible in this image...

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NASA image: Lifting the Runners
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Aug 25, 2010

Lifting the Runners

Under the unflinching summer sun, workers at NASA Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., use a crane to...

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NASA image: Phobos in Transit
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Sep 19, 2012

Phobos in Transit

Mars has two small, asteroid-sized moons named Phobos and Deimos. This frame from an animation shows the point of...

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NASA image: Cold and Quick: a Fast-Moving Brown Dwarf
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Apr 25, 2014

Cold and Quick: a Fast-Moving Brown Dwarf

This frame from an animation shows the coldest brown dwarf yet seen, and the fourth closest system to our sun....

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NASA image: Honey I Shrunk the Planetary System Artist Concept
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Jan 11, 2012

Honey I Shrunk the Planetary System Artist Concept

This artist conception compares the KOI-961 planetary system to Jupiter and the largest four of its many moons. The...

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NASA image: Gas Giants Form Quickly  Artist Concept
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Jan 26, 2007

Gas Giants Form Quickly Artist Concept

This is an artist concept of a hypothetical 10-million-year-old star system. The bright blur at the center is a star...

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NASA image: Closer to Finding an Earth Artist Concept
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Dec 5, 2011

Closer to Finding an Earth Artist Concept

This artist conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a...

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NASA image: Richardson Crater Dunes
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Feb 11, 2011

Richardson Crater Dunes

The dunes in Richardson crater, located at 72 degrees south latitude, are still covered in frost as seen by NASA...

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NASA image: Swirling With Shadows
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Nov 30, 2006

Swirling With Shadows

This spectacular image of Saturn clouds looks obliquely across the high northern latitudes. The Sun is low on the...

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NASA image: North Polar Dunes
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Sep 8, 2010

North Polar Dunes

As the sun warms the surface and more frost is removed, the dunes and other features near the north pole of Mars are...

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NASA image: MESSENGER Reveals Mercury in New Detail
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Jan 16, 2008

MESSENGER Reveals Mercury in New Detail

As NASA MESSENGER approached Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft Narrow-Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual...

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NASA image: Light and Shadow
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Feb 28, 2012

Light and Shadow

This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows an area in Vesta northern hemisphere that has been illuminated by the...

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NASA image: Kepler-62 and the Solar System
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Apr 18, 2013

Kepler-62 and the Solar System

This diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-62, a five-planet system about 1,200...

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NASA image: Gaspra - First Image
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Feb 8, 1996

Gaspra - First Image

This first image of asteroid 951 Gaspra was taken by NASA Galileo spacecraft on October 29, 1991, from a distance of...

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NASA image: Spitzer Eyes Comet ISON
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Jul 23, 2013

Spitzer Eyes Comet ISON

These images from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope of C/2012 S1 Comet ISON were taken on June 13, when ISON was 310...

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NASA image: By the Pale Saturn-light
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Sep 23, 2013

By the Pale Saturn-light

Enceladus unusual plume is only easily visible when NASA Cassini spacecraft and the Sun are on opposite sides of...

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NASA image: Water Detected at High Latitudes
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Sep 24, 2009

Water Detected at High Latitudes

This image of the moon is from NASA Moon Mineralogy Mapper on the Indian Space Research Organization Chandrayaan-1...

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NASA image: InSight Captures a Martian Sunrise and Sunset
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Apr 15, 2022

InSight Captures a Martian Sunrise and Sunset

NASA's InSight lander snapped a series of images of the Sun rising and setting on Mars using the camera on its...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

Are NASA images free to use?+
Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
Can I download NASA images?+
Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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