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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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NASA image: gifts are exchanged in the Mir Space Station
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Apr 25, 1996

gifts are exchanged in the Mir Space Station

STS076-356-006 (26 March 1996) --- Backdropped against two space suits, a curious cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko,...

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NASA image: Full Mir against the blackness of space
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Mar 26, 1997

Full Mir against the blackness of space

STS079-S-125 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Following undocking from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Russia's Mir Space Station...

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NASA image: Full Mir over horizon
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Sep 24, 1996

Full Mir over horizon

STS079-810-028 (24 Sept. 1996) --- Russia's Mir Space Station, backdropped over Earth's horizon, was photographed by...

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NASA image: Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround
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Aug 24, 2016

Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-707-090 (2-12 June 1998) --- Russia's Mir space station is captured on film as it floats above the blue and...

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NASA image: Mir space station as seen from STS-63 Discovery
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Feb 6, 1995

Mir space station as seen from STS-63 Discovery

STS063-712-072 (6 Feb 1995) --- Russia's Mir Space Station over the blue and white Earth during initial approach for...

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NASA image: Astronaut Cameron in the Mir Base Block
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Dec 14, 1995

Astronaut Cameron in the Mir Base Block

STS074-331-036 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Cameron floats into the Core Module of Russia?s Mir Space...

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NASA image: Views of the whole Mir space station
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Sep 24, 1996

Views of the whole Mir space station

STS079-821-036 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Following the Space Shuttle Atlantis - Russian Mir Space Station undocking...

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NASA image: Mir 22 and STS-81 crew work with gyrodyne
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Feb 4, 1997

Mir 22 and STS-81 crew work with gyrodyne

STS081-301-032 (12-22 Jan. 1997) --- Shortly after the docking of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Russia's Mir Space...

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NASA image: Cosmonauts Solovyev and Dezhurov exchange information on Mir
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Jul 10, 1995

Cosmonauts Solovyev and Dezhurov exchange information on Mir

STS071-118-007 (27 June - 7 July 1995) --- Onboard the Russia?s Mir Space Station Mir Base Block, cosmonauts Anatoly...

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NASA image: View of APAS during docking with Mir Space Station
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Mar 23, 1996

View of APAS during docking with Mir Space Station

STS076-344-003 (24 March 1996) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis Orbiter Docking System (ODS) and the Docking Module...

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NASA image: STS-89 and Mir 24 crews at the hatch opening
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Mar 4, 1998

STS-89 and Mir 24 crews at the hatch opening

S89-E-5352 (28 Jan 1998) --- This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) image shows the commanders' farewell handshake, thus...

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NASA image: STS-91 crew is greeted at the hatch by Mir 25 crewmembers
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Aug 24, 2016

STS-91 crew is greeted at the hatch by Mir 25 crewmembers

STS091-379-013 (2-12 June 1998) --- Cosmonauts Valery V. Ryumin (left)and Nikolai M. Budarin reunite moments after...

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NASA image: KSC-95PC-0439
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Mar 20, 1995

KSC-95PC-0439

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-63 Mission Specialist Dr. Bernard Harris autographs copies of the crew photograph...

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NASA image: Hatch opening and welcome ceremony at the Mir/Endeavour interface
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Mar 3, 1998

Hatch opening and welcome ceremony at the Mir/Endeavour interface

STS089-386-013 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- Astronaut David A. Wolf, cosmonaut guest researcher, greets Terrence W....

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NASA image: Mir 24 and STS-89 crew transfer supplies
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Jul 24, 2012

Mir 24 and STS-89 crew transfer supplies

STS089-338-032 (22-31 Jan. 1998) --- The Mir-24 crew of Russia?s Mir Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour...

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NASA image: Crew activity in Mir Space Station and Shuttle Atlantis
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Apr 24, 1996

Crew activity in Mir Space Station and Shuttle Atlantis

STS076-345-025 (22-31 March 1996) --- Joining her new cosmonaut crew mates, Shannon W. Lucid participates in an...

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NASA image: Opening the hatch and welcome ceremony in the Mir Space Station
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Mar 24, 1996

Opening the hatch and welcome ceremony in the Mir Space Station

STS076-344-034 (22-31 March 1996) --- Cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, commander for the Mir-21 mission, floats through...

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NASA image: Crewmember activity in shuttle middeck and Mir Space Station
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Mar 28, 1996

Crewmember activity in shuttle middeck and Mir Space Station

S76-E-5226 (28 March 1996) --- Astronauts Linda M. Godwin and Ronald M. Sega (left), mission specialists, pose for...

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NASA image: Mir Space Station survey views taken during STS-76 mission
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Mar 25, 1996

Mir Space Station survey views taken during STS-76 mission

STS076-708-038 (22 - 31 March 1996) --- The crew took this 70mm picture of Russia's Mir Space Station over...

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NASA image: Astronaut and cosmonaut activities in shuttle Atlantis and space station Mir
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Apr 23, 1996

Astronaut and cosmonaut activities in shuttle Atlantis and space station Mir

STS076-341-002 (22-31 March 1996)--- As astronaut Kevin P. Chilton looks on, cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko gives a...

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NASA image: Informal portrait of STS-71/Mir cosmonauts and astronauts
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Oct 28, 1994

Informal portrait of STS-71/Mir cosmonauts and astronauts

S94-47050 (28 Oct 1994) --- Crew members for the joint Space Shuttle/Russian Mir Space Station missions assemble for...

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NASA image: STS-71, Mir 18 and Mir 19 crews pose for inflight portrait
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Jul 10, 1995

STS-71, Mir 18 and Mir 19 crews pose for inflight portrait

STS071-122-013 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- Inside the space shuttle Atlantis' Spacelab Science Module, the crewmembers...

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NASA image: Loose cords floating in Mir Core module
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Mar 1, 1995

Loose cords floating in Mir Core module

NM18-307-014 (March-July 1995) --- Onboard Mir's Spektr module, cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov re-routes cables as...

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NASA image: Portrait of Mir 18 cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov
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Jun 1, 1994

Portrait of Mir 18 cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov

S94-34940 (June 1994) --- Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Russian cosmonaut Commander, Mir-18 EDITOR'S NOTE: Early next year,...

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