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NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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.

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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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NASA image: Orion Heat Shield Installation
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Jul 25, 2018

Orion Heat Shield Installation

Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians are installing the heat shield to the Orion crew module July 25, 2018,...

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NASA image: Orion Heat Shield Installation
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Jul 25, 2018

Orion Heat Shield Installation

Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians are installing the heat shield to the Orion crew module July 25, 2018,...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift
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Aug 26, 2016

Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift

Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift
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Aug 26, 2016

Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift

Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift
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Aug 26, 2016

Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift

Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift
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Aug 26, 2016

Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift

Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...

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NASA image: Hi Shielding Mass Single Event Environment (HiMassSEE) Kit 1
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Aug 25, 2011

Hi Shielding Mass Single Event Environment (HiMassSEE) Kit 1

jsc2011e080236 (8/25/2011) --- A preflight view of Hi Shielding Mass Single Event Environment (HiMassSEE) Kit 1...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift
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Aug 26, 2016

Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift

The shipping container carrying the Orion heat shield for Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) is transported by truck from...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Crew Module with Back Shells
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Feb 1, 2018

Orion EM-1 Crew Module with Back Shells

Heat shield back shell panels are prefitted on the Orion spacecraft inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Crew Module with Back Shells
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Feb 1, 2018

Orion EM-1 Crew Module with Back Shells

Heat shield back shell panels are prefitted on the Orion spacecraft inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift
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Aug 26, 2016

Orion EM-1 Heat Shield Offload, Transport, and Lift

Technicians with Jacobs on the Test and Operations Support Contract move a transporter close to NASA’s Super Guppy...

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NASA image: Orion Heat Shield
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May 6, 2015

Orion Heat Shield

OVERSEEING ORION HEAT SHIELD WORK IN MARSHALL'S SEVEN-AXIS MILLING AND MACHINING FACILITY ARE, FROM LEFT, JOHN...

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NASA image: Heat Shield Preparation
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Nov 7, 2003

Heat Shield Preparation

Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the heat shield that will be attached to the backshell,...

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NASA image: Orion EM-1 Crew Module with Back Shells
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Feb 1, 2018

Orion EM-1 Crew Module with Back Shells

Lockheed Martin technicians test the fitting of the Orion spacecraft's heat shield back shell panels inside the Neil...

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NASA image: Orion Tile Fitting
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Oct 24, 2016

Orion Tile Fitting

Tile blocks have been prefitted around the heat shield for the Orion crew module inside the Neil Armstrong...

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NASA image: View of the Skylab 1 space station cluster from the Skylab 2 Command Module
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May 25, 1973

View of the Skylab 1 space station cluster from the Skylab 2 Command Module

S73-26738 (25 May 1973) --- A close-up view of the Skylab 1 space station cluster can be seen in this reproduction...

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NASA image: View of the Skylab 1 space station cluster from the Skylab 2 Command Module
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May 25, 1973

View of the Skylab 1 space station cluster from the Skylab 2 Command Module

S73-27182 (25 May 1973) --- A close-up view of the Skylab 1 space station cluster can be seen in this reproduction...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  While Jay Beason (left), with United Space Alliance,  looks on, Jeremy Schwarz (front) and Tom Summers (behind), also with USA, place new tiles on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery.  A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatures, usually those that result from aerobraking during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Sep 23, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - While Jay Beason (left), with United Space Alliance, looks on, Jeremy Schwarz (front) and Tom Summers (behind), also with USA, place new tiles on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery. A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatures, usually those that result from aerobraking during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - While Jay Beason (left), with United Space Alliance, looks on, Jeremy Schwarz (front)...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  United Space Alliance employees Jeremy Schwarz (left) and Chris Keeling install new tiles on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery.  A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatures, usually those that result from aerobraking during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Sep 23, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - United Space Alliance employees Jeremy Schwarz (left) and Chris Keeling install new tiles on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery. A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatures, usually those that result from aerobraking during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - United Space Alliance employees Jeremy Schwarz (left) and Chris Keeling install new...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  United Space Alliance employees (from left) Daryl Burke, Jay Beason and Tom Summers check new tiles installed on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery.  A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatures, usually those that result from aerobraking during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Sep 23, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - United Space Alliance employees (from left) Daryl Burke, Jay Beason and Tom Summers check new tiles installed on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery. A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatures, usually those that result from aerobraking during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - United Space Alliance employees (from left) Daryl Burke, Jay Beason and Tom Summers...

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NASA image: Center is at Latitude 30 Degrees South, Longitude 90 Degrees
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Jun 8, 1998

Center is at Latitude 30 Degrees South, Longitude 90 Degrees

The top half of Mars is dominated by the Tharsis Montes volcanoes, the large Alba Patera shield volcano, the dark...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-2674
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May 9, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-2751
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May 9, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-2677
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May 9, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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