Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.
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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One of NASA's first astronauts, now Senator John Glenn and Alabama senatorial candidate Roger Bedford receive a tour...
Craig Covault covered approximately 100 space shuttle launches and missions from Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
A NASA railroad train moves past Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space agency utilizes...
A Space Shuttle Main Engine undergoes test-firing at the National Space Technology Laboratories (now the Sternis...
George Diller, who retired in 2017 after a 37-year career in NASA Public Affairs, was honored as a 2018 “Chronicler”...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks to about 45 of NASA’s social media followers during...
International Space Station testing is conducted in Marshall's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS).
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside Mercury Mission Control, Christopher Kraft, Mercury's flight director, sits at his...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Amanda Mitskevich, program manager for NASA's Launch Services Program, speaks to about 45 of...
Photo Voltaic Module testing in Marshall's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS).
Taraji P. Henson, who portrays Katherine Johnson in the upcoming motion picture "Hidden Figures," looks at a display...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Amanda Mitskevich, program manager for NASA's Launch Services Program, speaks to about 45 of...
A NASA railroad train moves past Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space agency utilizes...
A close-up view of the Apollo 11 command service module ready to be mated with the spacecraft LEM adapter of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A NASA railroad train moves along the track at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The...
Octavia Spencer, who portrays Dorothy Vaughan in the upcoming motion picture "Hidden Figures," looks at a display...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A NASA railroad train hauling the solid rocket booster, or SRB, segments moves along the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside Mercury Mission Control, astronaut Wally Schirra, capsule communicator, or capcom for...
A modified Space Shuttle Main Engine is static fired at Marshall's Technology Test Bed.
In late December 2014, a submarine volcano in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga erupted, sending a violent stream...
Taraji P. Henson, who portrays Katherine Johnson in the upcoming motion picture "Hidden Figures," reads the...
On the 25th Anniversary of the Apollo-11 space launch, Marshall celebrated with a test firing of the Space Shuttle...
Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks cast and crew members of the upcoming motion picture "Hidden...