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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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Employees of Daimler-Benz Aerospace in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility install insulation on the Cryogenic...
A Centaur upper stage, standing upright on a transporter, is driven to Space Launch Complex 41 on Florida’s Cape...
S124-E-007400 (8 June 2008) --- Astronaut Ron Garan, STS-124 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third...
As the construction continued on the International Space Station (ISS), STS-118 astronaut and mission specialist...
Recovery team members work to retrieve a test version of Orion's forward bay cover from the Pacific Ocean on Sept....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – External tank 134 has arrived in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB,...
ISS026-E-027607 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – External tank 134 is towed toward the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy...
Back dropped by the blue Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) boasts its newest configuration upon the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Parachute Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, parachutes for the...
S118-E-08028 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Astronauts Clay Anderson (left), Expedition 15 flight engineer; and Rick...
STS080-S-005 (19 Nov. 1996) --- The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Tugboats in front and behind maneuver the Pegasus barge in the Turn Basin on its way to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tugboats maneuver NASA's Pegasus barge toward the Turn Basin dock at NASA's Kennedy Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers accompany External Tank-135 as it is...
On Dec. 1, 2014, Milt Heflin briefs the Orion recovery team on board the U.S. Navy's USS Anchorage, which will be...
ISS020-E-037378 (1 Sept. 2009) --- Astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20 flight engineer, participates in the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., with separation rings in place, workers begin to move...
After leaving the Vertical Integration Facility, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on its way to Space...
S134-E-007575 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the...
S128-E-007225 (1 Sept. 2009) --- Astronaut John “Danny” Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist, participates in the...
AS17-152-23392 (17 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Ronald E. Evans is photographed performing extravehicular activity...
NASA communications teams and members of the Air Force’s 2nd Audiovisual Squadron participate in television...
USS Anchorage’s Deck Department is heaving around the line as they bring up “Oscar,” a dummy used for man overboard...