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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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This image shows the area on Mars from which NASA's Perseverance rover will collect its first rock sample....
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this series of images of sunspots – regions where solar flares erupt on the...
This composite image of the "Delta Scarp" in Mars' Jezero Crater was generated using data from two imagers aboard...
This image shows a cylinder of rock the size of a piece of classroom chalk inside the drill of NASA's Perseverance...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z instrument to capture this 360-degree view of a region on Mars...
This view shows a rock nicknamed "Bunsen Peak" where NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracted its 21st rock core...
This wide view of Mars' Jezero Crater was taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on July 15, 2021 (the 143rd sol, or...
This composite image captured by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover shows boulders that decorate the top of the Jezero...
Composed of 993 individual images and 2.38 billion pixels, this 360-degree mosaic taken by NASA's Perseverance looks...
This sunset on Mars was captured by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover using its Mastcam-Z camera system on Nov. 9,...
Sedimentary layers at "Franklin Cliffs" are displayed in a mosaic captured by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover using...
The image on the left is an enhanced-color image taken by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA's Perseverance rover of a...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z instrument to capture this view looking south toward the rim of...
This enhanced-color mosaic showing the Martian surface outside of Jezero Crater was taken by NASA's Perseverance...
This enhanced-color, high-resolution mosaic showing Mars' Jezero Crater was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument on...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic of an isolated hill nicknamed "Pinestand." Scientists think...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian...
This natural-color mosaic showing NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at "Valinor Hills" was acquired by the agency's...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this video of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's 54th flight on Aug. 3, 2023....
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to create this panorama of its first drill site....
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Deimos, one of the two Martian...
Stitched together from 56 images from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, this natural-color mosaic looks downstream of...
This mosaic featuring several of the escarpments, or scarps – long, steep slopes – of Jezero Crater's river delta...