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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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In a panel discussion in the Kennedy Space Center’s Operations Support Building II, social media followers were...
In a panel discussion in the Kennedy Space Center’s Operations Support Building II, social media followers were...
NASA Office of Communications Senior Science Communications Officer Karen Fox introduces, from left to right, NASA...
Technicians prepare to move NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft onto a work stand inside the...
Technicians remove NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft from its shipping container inside the...
Technicians lower NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft onto a work stand inside the Astrotech...
Technicians remove the wrapping from NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft that protected it...
The DART spacecraft is removed from the shipping container and moved to the spacecraft dolly inside Astrotech at...
The DART spacecraft is removed from its shipping container and moved to the spacecraft dolly inside the Astrotech...
Technicians remove NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft from its shipping container inside the...
The DART spacecraft arrives at Astrotech at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
An engineer inspects the surface of four mid-wavelength infrared science detectors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object...
The sunshade for NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission towers above a fixture at supplier Applied...
Engineers with NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission work in a Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) clean room...
The sunshade for NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission towers above a fixture at supplier Applied...
The bus structure for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor spacecraft is installed to the sunshade during a “fit...
The aluminum telescope of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is shown here attached its flight base...
Four mid-wavelength infrared science detectors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission are shown here on...
The bus structure of the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor spacecraft underwent testing at BAE Systems Space &...
In this illustration showing NEO Surveyor, NASA's next-generation near-Earth object hunter, the spacecraft floats in...
What questions do you have about NASA’s #DARTMission? Join our experts Tuesday, Nov. 23 at 4 p.m. EST. NASA’s Double...
Have you seen Comet NEOWISE in the sky? ☄️ Visiting from the most distant parts of our solar system, it made its...
This starfield was imaged by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) moments before...
Asteroid 1997 QK1 is shown to be an elongated, peanut-shaped near-Earth object in this series of 28 radar images...