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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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Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared...
The SPHEREx space telescope will survey the sky in optical and infrared light, gathering data on more than 450...
NASA release April 1, 2010 The giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128, show here in visible light, hosts the radio source...
Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will have a broad range of inquiry, from early and distant galaxies beyond Hubble's...
This new Hubble image showcases a remarkable variety of objects at different distances from us, extending back over...
In this photograph, the instruments of the Astro-1 Observatory are erected in the cargo bay of the Columbia orbiter....
The Small Magellanic Cloud, shown here, is a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. The image includes data from the...
We Asked A NASA Expert Social Plan We Asked A NASA Expert Social Plan 100% E12 What exactly is a black hole? Well,...
This Hubble image shows NGC 4789A, a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It certainly...
This is an artist's impression of how the very early universe (less than one billion years old) might have looked...
Bursts of pink and red, dark lanes of mottled cosmic dust, and a bright scattering of stars — this NASA/ESA Hubble...
This new Hubble image shows a peculiar galaxy known as NGC 660, located around 45 million light-years away from us....
This image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), a highly...
In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space...
While two football teams will be put to the test at Super Bowl LI in Houston, engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space...
Hidden behind a shroud of dust in the constellation Cygnus is a stellar nursery called DR21, which is giving birth...
Most supermassive black holes in the universe are hiding, but NASA’s NuSTAR mission can find them by using...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility prepare to install the port fairing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility prepare the Galaxy Evolution Explorer...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Pegasus XL launch vehicle is ready for a re-mate with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer...
Workers in the launch tower at Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, help guide the first segment of the...
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad, Thursday,...
A mockup of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket is seen at the entrance to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The port fairing closes in on the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). The spacecraft is...