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 frame from an animation shows Jupiter volcanic moon Io as seen by NASA Voyager and Galileo spacecraft (at left)...
These images represent radar observations of asteroid 99942 Apophis on March 8, 9, and 10, 2021, as it made its last...
This composite NASA Hubble Space Telescope Image captures the positions of comet Siding Spring and Mars in a...
NASA image release January 11, 2012 Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding...
This close-up of the sunspot underneath the March 29, 2014, flare shows incredible detail. The image was captured by...
RROxiTT lead roboticist Alex Janas stands with the Oxidizer Nozzle Tool as he examines the work site. Credit:...
In this illustration showing NEO Surveyor, NASA's next-generation near-Earth object hunter, the spacecraft floats in...
NASA image release December 14, 2010 A delicate sphere of gas, photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, floats...
This supercomputer simulation shows one of the most violent events in the universe: a pair of neutron stars...
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a UFO — well, the UFO Galaxy, to be precise. NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy seen...
This graph presents measured properties of the seven TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets (labeled b through h), showing how they...
This planetary nebula's simple, graceful appearance is thought to be due to perspective: our view from Earth looking...
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured...
This neat little galaxy is known as NGC 4526. Its dark lanes of dust and bright diffuse glow make the galaxy appear...
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured...
This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter's northern hemisphere. NASA's Juno...
These Jupiter photographs are part of a set taken by NASA Voyager 1 on December 10 and 11, 1978 from a distance of...
Data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft were used to produce this false-color composite of Jupiter's northern aurora on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, Rainer Goercke shakes hands with Norman Jatz...
Cassini has sighted Prometheus and Pandora, the two F-ring-shepherding moons whose unpredictable orbits both...
Caption: Artist's view of night sky from a hypothetical planet within a young Milky Way-like galaxy 10 billion years...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...