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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This image shows the dusty disk of planetary material surrounding the young star HD 141569, located 380 light-years...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Professor Sam...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Mike Curie (left), with NASA Public Affairs, introduces NASA managers following their...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Randy Scott, with Lockheed Martin Astronautics, looks over the Stardust...
A technician performs tests on the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers work at removing the Stardust solar panels for testing. The...
A fourth and final Solid Rocket Booster, to be mated with a Boeing Delta II rocket, starts its lift up the tower at...
NASA’s DC-8 aircraft from Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California flies to Everett, Washington to...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), the agency’s Carruthers...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, media are on hand as the Alpha Magnetic...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), the agency’s Carruthers...
A Boeing Delta II rocket sits on Launch Pad 17A (left), Cape Canaveral Air Station, before mating with its final...
A smallish solar filament looks like it collapsed into the sun and set off a minor eruption that hurled plasma into...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, media...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engine ignition under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 4:05 a.m. EDT signals...
Today's VIS image shows a small portion of Olympia Undae. Olympia Undae is a large dune field that dominates the...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers prepare to open the Stardust Sample Return Capsule (SRC)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers lift the cover from the crate...
Pluto's haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The engines ignite under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 4:05 a.m. EDT lifting...
Attached to the wing of a Cessna Citation aircraft are cloud physics probes that measure the size, shape and number...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), the agency’s Carruthers...
The NASA C-140 JetStar research aircraft (top) is followed by a NASA Learjet equipped with acoustic sensors during...
ARCSIX is the Arctic Radiation Cloud Aerosol Surface Interaction Experiment. The overarching goal of ARCSIX is to...