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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., the open doors of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The shipping container holding the Kepler spacecraft is placed on the tarmac outside...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Kepler spacecraft...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., workers prepare the mobile...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., a worker inspects the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., a Ball Aerospace and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The shipping container holding the Kepler spacecraft is placed on the tarmac outside...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In a clean room at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., workers...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., a Ball Aerospace and...
iss072e646033 (Feb. 3, 2025) --- The Milky Way appears beyond Earth's horizon in this celestial photograph captured...
iss072e281196 (Nov. 28, 2024) --- This long-duration photograph looks out a window on the SpaceX Dragon crew...
iss072e646081 (Feb. 3, 2025) --- The Milky Way appears beyond Earth's horizon in this celestial photograph captured...
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the...
iss071e264174 (June 29, 2024) --- The Milky Way appears in the vastness of space behind the SpaceX Dragon crew...
This image zooms into a small portion of NASA Kepler full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of...
This image zooms into a small portion of NASA Kepler full field of view, an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of...
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging...
NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) was launched July 22, 1999 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-93 mission....
This image shows the Milky Way as seen from the solar system. The shaded regions are those scanned by the Skylab...
iss073e0982696 (Oct. 25, 2025) --- A reddish airglow blankets Earth beneath a star-filled sky illuminated by the...
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) has made a sturning, high-energy panorama of the central regions of our Milky...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission celebrates its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way...
One of the most prolific birthing grounds in our Milky Way galaxy, a nebula called RCW 49, is exposed in superb...
iss073e0982823 (Oct. 26, 2025) --- The Moon glares into a camera aboard the International Space Station as it...