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 dwarf galaxy NGC 4214 is ablaze with young stars and gas clouds. Located around 10 million light-years away in...
Caption: This is a conceptual animation showing ozone-depleting chemicals moving from the equator to the poles. The...
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles...
NASA image release April 20, 2011 To see a video of this image go here: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5637796622 To...
The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The...
NASA image release June 6, 2010 Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like...
This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the colorful "last hurrah" of a star like...
To view a video of this story go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/8448332724 Working with astronomical image...
This is a Hubble Space Telescope composite image of a supernova explosion designated SN 2014J in the galaxy M82. At...
NASA image release October 19, 2010 Though the universe is chock full of spiral-shaped galaxies, no two look exactly...
Release date: July 1, 2008 This image is a composite of visible (or optical), radio, and X-ray data of the full...
This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust resembles a caterpillar on its way to a feast. But the meat...
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, taken in near-infrared light, transforms the pillars into eerie, wispy...
Mars is looking mighty fine in this portrait nabbed by the Hubble Space Telescope on a near close approach! Read...
Mars is looking mighty fine in this portrait nabbed by the Hubble Space Telescope on a near close approach! Read...
Mars is looking mighty fine in this portrait nabbed by the Hubble Space Telescope on a near close approach! Read...
Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a super massive black hole in the core of the elliptical...
NASA image release January 11, 2012 Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding...
Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the Sun at a whopping 48,000 miles per hour in...
This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a bow shock around a very young star, LL Ori. The bow shock...
This image, taken by NASA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the colorful last hurrah of a star like our Sun. The star is...
Lying at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies, Messier 104, also called the Sombrero galaxy, is...
he Kitt Peak National Observatory 2.1-meter telescope observed comet Tempel 1 on April 11, 2005, when the comet was...
The Cat's Eye Nebula, one of the first planetary nebulae discovered, also has one of the most complex forms known to...