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 approximately true-color image shows paper-thin layers of light-toned, jagged-edged rocks; a light gray rock...
New insights into the nature of Saturn’s rings are revealed in this panoramic mosaic of 15 images taken during the...
These radar images of comet P/2016 BA14 were taken on March 22, 2016, by scientists using an antenna of NASA Deep...
This 1970 photograph shows the flight unit for Skylab's Ultraviolet (UV) Scarning Polychromator Spectroheliometer,...
JOHN IVESTER PERFORMING STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNING OF HERITAGE HARDWARE TO CAPTURE THE AS-BUILT GEOMETRY.
Headquarters building and spheres at Gas Dynamics. DAO Section. Scanned on 4/23/2018.
BRENT COLE, EM 42 STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNING LEAD IN MSFC 3D PRINTING FACILITY
Reaction Control System Thruster examined in the electron optics lab Near Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
PHOTOMICROPHOTOGRAPHY -GEOLOGY (SEM) High magnification and resolution views of lunar, meteorite and terrestrial...
View of Larry Jefferson in the Building 8 photo lab scanning area working with Environmental Photos.
Communications, Navigation, and Network Reconfigurable Test-bed, CoNNeCT, Gravity Test on the Space Communications...
Modeling Simulation and Analysis, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Space Communications and...
This video clip shows a 3D printing technique where a printer head scans over each layer of a part, blowing metal...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A great blue heron is captured in a typical pose as it scans the nearby water in NASA...
This conceptual animation shows the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) and the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR)...
jsc2024e016240 (3/20/2023) --- The multi-resolution scanning payload prototype housed within an Astrobee robot at...
jsc2024e016243 (2/14/2024) --- Close-up view of the final Multi-Resolution Scanning payload with its stereo vision...
jsc2024e016241 (11/17/2023) --- CSIRO Project Lead Dr. Marc Elmouttie with the Multi-Resolution Scanning payload,...
jsc2024e016242 (11/17/2023) --- CSIRO Project Lead Dr. Marc Elmouttie hands over the flight-ready Multi-Resolution...
This colorized mosaic from NASA Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun,...
These images from NASA Terra satellite images of Oklahoma and north Texas were acquired on March 12, 2000 during...
This animation shows the data collected on a Mars 2020 sample tube using a computerized tomography (CT) scanner....
ISS038-E-007119 (21 Nov. 2013) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight...
This graphic depicts the Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter measuring the...