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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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UPWT Test 1998 Continuous Data Sonic Boom Test. Sonic Boom Hardward Mounted in the Langley Unitary Plan wind...
iss066e146914 (2/22/2022) --- A view of a transparent FLUIDICS sphere aboard the International Space Station (ISS)....
iss073e0175522 (6/9/2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, assisted by NASA...
This color HiRISE view shows a pitted, blocky surface, but also more unusually, it has contorted, irregular...
Range : 3.2 million km This image returned by Voyager 2 shows one of the long dark clouds observed in the North...
The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a...
Back shell panels are visible on the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
S125-E-010077 (18 May 2009) --- The Hubble Space Telescope temporarily played a role akin to a house of mirrors as...
iss063e006674 (May 5, 2020) --- The wispy atmospheric layer of the air glow crowns the Earth's horizon in this...
Today's VIS image shows part of the extensive volcanic flows that make up Daedalia Planum. The different layers and...
The Martian south polar cap is a layer of carbon dioxide ice, full of pits that make it look like Swiss cheese. The...
The objective of this observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is to examine a light-toned deposit in a...
The Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) electronics box before being integrated into the...
ISS015-E-12938 (15 June 2007) --- Anchored to a foot restraint on Space Shuttle Atlantis' remote manipulator system...
UPWT Test 1998 Continuous Data Sonic Boom Test. Sonic Boom Hardward Mounted in the Langley Unitary Plan wind...
This VIS image shows part of the floor of Spallanzani Crater. At some point after the crater was created the floor...
A test model of the RIMFAX instrument — aboard the trailer behind the snow mobile — undergoes field testing in...
This view from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the terrain ahead of the rover as...
Subtle variations in color look like brush strokes as the lightly frosted terrain reflects light. These variations...
STS085-743-000D (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Cape Cod almost looks like an elf's slipper with this orientation in the...
Jupiter's bright Equatorial Zone swirls with dark patches, dubbed "hot spots" for their infrared glow. These holes...
Mt. Pinatubo on the island of Luzon (15.0N, 120.0E) erupted catastrophically in June 1991 after over 600 years of...
Mission control managers are polled for the spacecraft's readiness for flight. The Phoenix spacecraft will begin its...
A model of the interior of Jupiter is compared with that of Earth, to scale. Jupiter is mostly hydrogen, with some...