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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.
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SkyCam is a sky-facing camera aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. As part of the Mars Environmental Dynamics...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, NASA Flight Crew Systems engineers Ben Van Lear (left) and Brad...
One of two wind sensors springs out of the mast on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. These sensors are part of the...
The full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover has put some dirt on its wheels. This vehicle system...
In this photograph, Apollo 11 astronauts Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin (left) and Neil A. Armstrong prepare for the first...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With the Mate/Demate Device (MDD) on the left and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)...
This annotated image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the journey NASA's Perseverance rover has...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 at 9:22:44 a.m. EST Jan....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Fairing installation around the Genesis spacecraft is complete inside the mobile...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A busload of children eagerly wait on the roadside at NASA Kennedy Space Center for the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Inside the mobile service tower at Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Spectators fill the grounds near NASA Kennedy Space Center to witness the launch of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Inside the mobile service tower at Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force...
Houston, We Have a Podcast Episode 386: EHP Tools || Guests: Holly Newton Mejia and Dr. Juliane Gross Introduction...
Astrobiologists like Jason Dworkin are keenly interested in the origins of life on Earth, but the evidence that they...
OSIRIS-REx, which is about the size of a 15-passenger van, is currently orbiting the asteroid Bennu 200 million...
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lives up to its name by enduring a series of tests to prepare for its journey to...
This pair of images from NASA's Perseverance shows close-up views of two rock types the rover investigated in the...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its abrasion tool to grind down the rock surface at this target, nicknamed...
The Apollo 11 manned lunar mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 via a Saturn V...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rock target nicknamed "Quartier" with the WATSON (Wide Angle...
This image shows the area on Mars from which NASA's Perseverance rover will collect its first rock sample....
This image shows a cylinder of rock the size of a piece of classroom chalk inside the drill of NASA's Perseverance...
The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security -- Regolith Explorer spacecraft (OSIRIS-REx)...