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NASA image: Stars fill the sky above a serene, blue-green airglow blanketing Earth's horizon
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Sep 27, 2025

Stars fill the sky above a serene, blue-green airglow blanketing Earth's horizon

iss073e0830977 (Sept. 27, 2025) --- Stars fill the sky above a serene, blue-green airglow blanketing Earth's horizon...

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NASA image: A yellow-green airglow blankets Earth as an orbital sunrise illuminates the planet
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Oct 13, 2025

A yellow-green airglow blankets Earth as an orbital sunrise illuminates the planet

iss073e0880390 (Oct. 13, 2025) --- This long-exposure photograph captures a yellow-green airglow blanketing Earth as...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Nadine Phillips prepares an area on the orbiter Discovery for blanket installation. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.
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Dec 9, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Nadine Phillips prepares an area on the orbiter Discovery for blanket installation. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Nadine Phillips prepares an area on...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Joel Smith prepares an area on the orbiter Discovery for blanket installation. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.
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Dec 9, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Joel Smith prepares an area on the orbiter Discovery for blanket installation. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Joel Smith prepares an area on the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Joel Smith prepares an area on the orbiter Discovery for blanket installation. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.
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Dec 9, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Joel Smith prepares an area on the orbiter Discovery for blanket installation. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Joel Smith prepares an area on the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Duane Williams prepares the blanket insulation to be installed on the body flap on orbiter Discovery. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.
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Dec 9, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Duane Williams prepares the blanket insulation to be installed on the body flap on orbiter Discovery. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Duane Williams prepares the blanket...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Duane Williams prepares the blanket insulation to be installed on the body flap on orbiter Discovery. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.
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Dec 9, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Duane Williams prepares the blanket insulation to be installed on the body flap on orbiter Discovery. The blankets are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Duane Williams prepares the blanket...

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NASA image: The Dark Surfaces of Mars: Mantles and Sand Sheets
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Apr 24, 2000

The Dark Surfaces of Mars: Mantles and Sand Sheets

This anaglyph from NASA Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, blanketed or mantled surfaces in the Sinus Sabaeus region...

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NASA image: Aquarius Sunshade Fit
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Apr 19, 2011

Aquarius Sunshade Fit

A fit check of half the sunshade is completed to verify the clearance of NASA Aquarius ground lug as well as the...

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NASA image: Young Crater
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Feb 21, 2007

Young Crater

This unnamed crater is noticeably younger than the other craters in this image. Note the easily identifiable ejecta...

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NASA image: Impact Melt Flows on Giordano Bruno
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Dec 15, 2009

Impact Melt Flows on Giordano Bruno

Frozen impact melt flows on the ejecta blanket of the young impact crater Giordano Bruno in this image from NASA...

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NASA image: Link to a Watery Past
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Sep 27, 2012

Link to a Watery Past

In this image from NASA Curiosity rover, a rock outcrop called Link pops out from a Martian surface that is...

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NASA image: A Celestial Shamrock
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Mar 17, 2011

A Celestial Shamrock

This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features a region of star birth wrapped in a...

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NASA image: Security Blanket
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Jun 2, 2006

Security Blanket

This MOC image shows material on the floor of a crater in Noachis Terra, west of Hellas Planitia

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Mar 25, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility, Pilar Ryan, with United Space Alliance,...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0620
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Mar 24, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility, Pilar Ryan, with United Space Alliance,...

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NASA image: Survey view of damage to a MLI Blanket on the exterior of the FGB taken during Expedition 15
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Jun 6, 2007

Survey view of damage to a MLI Blanket on the exterior of the FGB taken during Expedition 15

ISS015-E-10854 (6 June 2007) --- During the Russian spacewalk conducted by cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition...

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NASA image: A dim airglow blankets Earth’s horizon as a faint Moon sets above the Indian Ocean
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Feb 22, 2026

A dim airglow blankets Earth’s horizon as a faint Moon sets above the Indian Ocean

iss074e0342635 (Feb. 22, 2026) --- A dim airglow blankets Earth’s horizon as a faint Moon sets above a dark and vast...

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NASA image: A red-yellow airglow blankets Earth's horizon above southwestern Europe and North Africa
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Nov 28, 2025

A red-yellow airglow blankets Earth's horizon above southwestern Europe and North Africa

iss073e1198911 (Nov. 28, 2025) --- A red-yellow airglow blankets Earth's horizon as the city lights of southwestern...

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NASA image: A dim airglow blankets Earth’s horizon as a faint Moon sets above the Indian Ocean
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Feb 22, 2026

A dim airglow blankets Earth’s horizon as a faint Moon sets above the Indian Ocean

iss074e0342246 (Feb. 22, 2026) --- A dim airglow blankets Earth’s horizon as a faint Moon sets above a dark and vast...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0614
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Mar 24, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- United Space Alliance workers Michael Williams and Ginger Morrison stitch together...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0615
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Mar 24, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A closeup of the stitching being done on pieces of insulation blankets inside the ring...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0618
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Mar 24, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility, Pilar Ryan, with United Space Alliance,...

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NASA image: KSC-04pd0627
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Mar 25, 2004

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Damon Petty, with United Space Alliance, prepares the cover of another insulation...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

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Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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