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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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During a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) briefing on the next day’s Apollo 11 launch, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building OandC at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dan...
This panorama, taken on Feb. 20, 2021, by the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover,...
This animation captured from NASA's rover driving software depicts the agency's Perseverance during a slippery drive...
Engineers perform mass properties testing on the rocket-powered descent stage of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-128 Commander Rick Sturckow is welcomed to Kennedy Space Center by Center Director Bob...
Shown here is the SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft on board the company's Go Navigator recovery ship after making its...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, the payload canister that delivered payloads launching aboard Space...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of "Bettys Rock" using one of the rover navigation cameras on...
Dave Reed, Florida operations director for Techshot, Inc., observes radishes growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong,...
This photograph was taken during the Apollo 15 mission on the lunar surface. Astronaut David R. Scott waits in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, United Space Alliance Flight Crew Systems engineer John Biegert...
This illustration shows Jezero Crater — the landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover — as it may have looked...
This set of images shows parts of the robotic arm on NASA's Perseverance rover flexing and turning during its first...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the dark before dawn, the payloads that will launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery's...
A close-up view of an engineering model of SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover looks back at its wheel tracks on March 17, 2022, the 381st Martian day, or sol, of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After dawn on Launch Pad 39B, the payload canister carrying payloads that will launch...
S123-E-007839 (21 March 2008) --- Astronauts Mike Foreman (foreground) and Robert L. Behnken, both STS-123 mission...
In the Payload Hazardous Service Facility, workers lower the Stardust spacecraft onto a workstand. The spacecraft...
In the Payload Hazardous Service Facility, workers move the Stardust spacecraft on its workstand from the air lock...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, the payload canister that delivered payloads launching aboard Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong,...