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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.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, the payload bay doors on Space Shuttle Discovery are closed for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins is helped by the Closeout Crew with her launch...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The astronauts for space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission arrive at...
Ladon Basin was a large impact structure that was filled in by the deposits from Ladon Valles, a major ancient river...
This image shows with a green dot where NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021....
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-128 Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez is welcomed to Kennedy Space Center by Center...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier...
A research scientist harvests radishes grown in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) ground unit inside the Space...
The imagery for this animated gif was taken on March 5, 2021, by a Navigation Camera on NASA's Perseverance rover...
Members of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission celebrate on Feb. 18, 2021, after learning the spacecraft has...
Abigail Allwood, principal investigator of the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) aboard NASA's...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of "Bettys Rock" using one of its front hazard cameras on June...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After dawn on Launch Pad 39B, the payload canister carrying payloads that will launch...
S123-E-007907 (21 March 2008) --- Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist, participates in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle climbs toward orbit after liftoff from Pad 39A at...
In the Payload Hazardous Service Facility, workers begin checking the Stardust spacecraft after removing its...
Kennedy Space Center’s Jason Fischer collects samples from a water tank, filled with green dye, for a biological...
Kennedy Space Center’s Carolina Franco, Ph.D., left, and Jason Fischer collect samples from a water tank, filled...
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, engineers observed the first driving...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The astronauts for space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission pose for a group portrait...
This animation shows the order in which the 142 images that make up Mastcam-Z's first 360-degree panorama were...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...