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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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This parallelogram shaped region of dust observed by ESA Herschel Space telescope can be best described using galaxy...
These two images show exactly the same area, Kerguelen Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The image on the left...
The northern and southern hemispheres of Dione are seen in these polar stereographic maps of the north pole,...
As NASA Dawn spacecraft takes off for its next destination, this mosaic synthesizes some of the best views the...
This narrow angle image taken NASA Cassini camera system of the Moon is one of the best of a sequence of narrow...
These two images show exactly the same area, Lake Balbina near Manaus, Brazil. The image on the left was created...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows three of the many fragments making up Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3. The...
This image, taken 147,000 miles 237,000 kilometers from Ceres on January 25, 2015 by NASA Dawn spacecraft, is part...
This is a frame from an animation of a rotating globe of Jupiter moon Ganymede, with a geologic map superimposed...
This frame from a movie is based on data from NASA Cassini spacecraft and shows a flyover of an area of Saturn moon...
These two images show exactly the same area, Manila Bay and nearby volcanoes on Luzon Island in the Philippines. The...
The northern and southern hemispheres of Rhea are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the...
The northern and southern hemispheres of Rhea are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the...
Best known as a swan winging its way across the night, the constellation Cygnus is easily seen in the northern...
NASA Opportunity used newly developed and uploaded software called AEGIS, to analyze images to identify features...
The northern hemisphere of Saturn moon Dione is seen in this polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the...
Alluvial fans are gently-sloping wedges of sediments deposited by flowing water. Some of the best-preserved alluvial...
Northern Arizona is best known for the Grand Canyon. Less widely known are the hundreds of geologically young...
These artist concepts show some of the best known objects found outside Neptune orbit. Included are Pluto and fellow...
On sol 1120 February 26, 2007, the navigation camera aboard NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured one of the...
The northern and southern hemispheres of Dione are seen in these polar stereographic maps of the south pole,...
This image from NASA Cassini spacecraft shows the location of an area known as Sotra Facula on Saturn moon Titan....
These two images show exactly the same area, part of the Kunlun fault in northern Tibet. The image on the left was...
What are some skywatching highlights in August 2021? The best-known meteor shower of the year should be a good time...