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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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ISS040-E-031651 (2 July 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International...
NM22-427-012 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- During off-duty time on the Spektr Module aboard the Earth-orbiting Mir Space...
ISS041-E-016740 (17 Sept. 2014) --- One of the Expedition 41 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International...
iss073e0919684 (Oct. 20, 2025) --- Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) is visible near the center of the frame, approximately...
Technicians offloaded NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory following the spacecraft’s arrival on Monday, July...
41C-36-1618 (7 April 1984) --- The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm suspends the giant Long Duration Exposure...
This diagram shows the orbit of binary asteroid Didymos around the Sun. Didymos consists of a large, nearly...
art002e009212 (April 6, 2026) In this fully illuminated view of the Moon, the near side (the hemisphere we see from...
art002e009276 (April 6, 2026) - In this view of the Moon, the near side (the hemisphere we see from Earth), is...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - Orbital Sciences' L-1011 jet aircraft releases the Pegasus rocket carrying the...
HAWTHORNE, Calif. - The Dragon V2 stands on a stage inside SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., near a...
ISS028-E-007274 (11 June 2011) --- This view of the sun peeking over the limb of the Earth was taken by the...
Aura will lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Delta II launch vehicle. The spacecraft is...
Aura will lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Delta II launch vehicle. The spacecraft is...
STS076-344-003 (24 March 1996) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis Orbiter Docking System (ODS) and the Docking Module...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - Orbital Sciences' Pegasus launch vehicle rockets away from the L-1011 jet...
S74-24677 (June 1974) --- A close-up view of the descent vehicle of the Soyuz spacecraft training mock-up on display...
JSC2003-E-15408 (18 June 1983) --- A 35mm still camera located in the umbilical well of the space shuttle Challenger...
ISS020-E-036875 (30 Aug. 2009) --- This is one of a series of digital still images that were recorded shortly after...
A space shuttle main engine (SSME) is on display near the space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science center's...
JSC2003-E-15407 (9 Jan. 1990) --- A 35mm still camera located in the umbilical well of the Space Shuttle Columbia...
This animated feature takes a fun look at how asteroid Bennu was chosen as the target for the OSIRIS-REx mission....
The Van Allen Probes have spent more than six years exploring the harshest environment of near-Earth space: the...
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of an Atlas II/Centaur rocket is nearing erection in the launch...