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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.

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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: Venus - Complex Crater Dickinson in NE Atalanta Region
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Nov 26, 1996

Venus - Complex Crater Dickinson in NE Atalanta Region

This Magellan image is centered at 74.6 degrees north latitude and 177.3 east longitude, in the northeastern...

JPL
NASA image: Which Way is Up?
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Oct 29, 2014

Which Way is Up?

This image NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an impact crater that was cut by lava in the Elysium Planitia...

JPL
NASA image: Flow on the Rim of Tooting Crater
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May 25, 2017

Flow on the Rim of Tooting Crater

This oblique view from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a small part of the near-rim ejecta from Tooting...

JPL
NASA image: Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment
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Nov 30, 1972

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment

S72-37257 (November 1972) --- The Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment (S-202), one of the experiments of the...

JSC
NASA image: A New Impact Marking Fades Away
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Mar 20, 2020

A New Impact Marking Fades Away

A HiRISE observation in 2010 covered a new impact crater that formed after December 2007 and before August 2010,...

JPL
NASA image: Venus - Large Impact Crater in the Eistla Region
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Sep 26, 1996

Venus - Large Impact Crater in the Eistla Region

This image from NASA Magellan spacecraft shows the central Eistla Region of the equatorial highlands of Venus. It is...

JPL
NASA image: A Tale of Two Flows
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Jan 27, 2016

A Tale of Two Flows

This image was taken in one of the regions on Mars well-known for its viscous flow features (VFF), which are massive...

JPL
NASA image: Secondary Craters in Bas Relief
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Apr 17, 2017

Secondary Craters in Bas Relief

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this region of Mars, sprayed with secondary craters from...

JPL
NASA image: A Fresh Shallow Valley Transitions to an Inverted Channel
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Jul 29, 2015

A Fresh Shallow Valley Transitions to an Inverted Channel

This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a portion of a long valley system in northern Arabia Terra....

JPL
NASA image: Chappy Oblique
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Dec 8, 2017

Chappy Oblique

Looking east to west across the rim and down into Chaplygin crater reveals this beautiful example of a fresh young...

GSFC
NASA image: Chappy Oblique
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Dec 8, 2017

Chappy Oblique

Looking east to west across the rim and down into Chaplygin crater reveals this beautiful example of a fresh young...

GSFC
NASA image: A Fresh Impact Crater with an Odd Shape
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Apr 29, 2022

A Fresh Impact Crater with an Odd Shape

This odd-shaped hole in Noachis Terra is clearly an impact crater. It has the characteristic raised rim that...

JPL
NASA image: Mars and the Amazing Technicolor Ejecta Blanket
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Jul 12, 2017

Mars and the Amazing Technicolor Ejecta Blanket

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the exposed bedrock of an ejecta blanket of an unnamed...

JPL
NASA image: Craters
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Mar 13, 2019

Craters

This VIS image contains three craters. There is a quarter of the largest crater in the top half of the image, half...

JPL
NASA image: Venus - Transitional Crater
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Oct 23, 1996

Venus - Transitional Crater

During orbits 423 through 424 on 22 September 1990, NASA's Magellan imaged this impact crater that is located at...

JPL
NASA image: A Work of Art
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Jun 18, 2019

A Work of Art

An impressionist painting? No, it's a new impact crater that has appeared on the surface of Mars, formed at most...

JPL
NASA image: A Nine Kilometer Impact Crater and Its Central Peak
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Feb 8, 2017

A Nine Kilometer Impact Crater and Its Central Peak

found across the Martian surface. Each impact crater on Mars possesses a unique origin and composition, which makes...

JPL
NASA image: Dawn HAMO Image 59
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Nov 13, 2015

Dawn HAMO Image 59

This image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a giant, ancient impact crater with smaller craters in...

JPL
NASA image: Purple Mountain Majesty
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Jul 15, 2015

Purple Mountain Majesty

NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbite observed this image of an isolated mountain in the Southern highlands reveals a...

JPL
NASA image: ARC-1979-A79-7097
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Jul 8, 1979

ARC-1979-A79-7097

Range : 85,000 kilometers (53,000 miles) This photo of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede shows ancient cratered terrain....

ARC
NASA image: Chappy Oblique
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Mar 30, 2016

Chappy Oblique

Looking east to west across the rim and down into Chaplygin crater reveals this beautiful example of a fresh young...

GSFC
NASA image: Chappy Oblique
Image
Mar 30, 2016

Chappy Oblique

Looking east to west across the rim and down into Chaplygin crater reveals this beautiful example of a fresh young...

GSFC
NASA image: Venus - Impact Crater in Eastern Navka Region
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Nov 20, 1996

Venus - Impact Crater in Eastern Navka Region

This Magellan image, which is 50 kilometers (31 miles) in width and 80 kilometers (50 miles) in length, is centered...

JPL
NASA image: Radial Ejecta
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Jul 9, 2019

Radial Ejecta

Today's VIS image shows part of an unnamed crater in Utopia Planitia. The ejecta surrounding the crater rim shows...

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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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Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

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