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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.

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NASA image: STS-42 crewmembers take a look at the Earth from OV-103's aft flight deck
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Jan 30, 1992

STS-42 crewmembers take a look at the Earth from OV-103's aft flight deck

STS-42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar (light shirt) smiles as she looks out overhead window W7 while Mission...

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NASA image: STS-65 crew works inside the IML-2 spacelab module aboard Columbia, OV-102
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Jul 23, 1994

STS-65 crew works inside the IML-2 spacelab module aboard Columbia, OV-102

STS065-05-037 (8-23 July 1994) --- In the science module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, four members of the crew...

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NASA image: BDPU, Helms places new test chamber into experiment module in LMS-1 Spacelab
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Jul 9, 1996

BDPU, Helms places new test chamber into experiment module in LMS-1 Spacelab

STS078-306-035 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, payload commander, and payload specialist...

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NASA image: Representative Bill Nelson prepares to eat a peeled grapefruit
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Jan 15, 1986

Representative Bill Nelson prepares to eat a peeled grapefruit

61C-09-005 (15 Jan 1986) --- U.S. Representative Bill Nelson, (D. Florida), STS 61-C payload specialist, prepares to...

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NASA image: Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe Briefing - Launch/Entry Helmets - JSC
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Sep 12, 1985

Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe Briefing - Launch/Entry Helmets - JSC

S85-40031 (November 1985) --- Payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe is briefed on launch/entry helmets by crew...

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NASA image: Sen. Jake Garn and payload specialist Charles Waler in middeck simulation
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Apr 12, 1985

Sen. Jake Garn and payload specialist Charles Waler in middeck simulation

Two payload specialists for the STS 51-D mission get in some training time in the crew compartment trainerat JSC....

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NASA image: Payload Specialist (PS) Christa McAuliffe - Briefing - Launch/Entry Helmets - JSC
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Sep 12, 1985

Payload Specialist (PS) Christa McAuliffe - Briefing - Launch/Entry Helmets - JSC

S85-40030 (November 1985) --- Payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe is briefed on launch/entry helmets by crew...

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NASA image: Payload specialist Christa McAuliffe briefed on launch/entry helmets
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Sep 12, 1985

Payload specialist Christa McAuliffe briefed on launch/entry helmets

S85-40029 (November 1985) --- Payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe is briefed on launch/entry helmets by crew...

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NASA image: STS 51-G payload specialists participate in training exercise
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May 9, 1985

STS 51-G payload specialists participate in training exercise

S85-32002 (17 May 1985) --- The two payload specialists for 51G participate in a training exercise in the Shuttle...

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NASA image: Astronauts Young and Merbold have meal in the middeck of Columbia
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Nov 28, 1983

Astronauts Young and Merbold have meal in the middeck of Columbia

STS009-003-075 (28 November - 8 December 1983) --- Astronaut John W. Young (left), STS-9 crew commander; and Ulf...

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NASA image: Christa McAuliffe during her training ride in the T-38 jet trainer
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Jan 8, 1986

Christa McAuliffe during her training ride in the T-38 jet trainer

S86-25234 (January 1986) --- STS-51L Payload Specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe egresses the rear station of a NASA...

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NASA image: Christa McAuliffe resting after egress training
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Jan 8, 1986

Christa McAuliffe resting after egress training

S86-25251 (January 1986) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe, payload specialist for STS-51L, takes a breather following a...

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NASA image: Christa McAuliffe removing helmet after egress training
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Jan 8, 1986

Christa McAuliffe removing helmet after egress training

S86-25182 (for release January 1986) --- Sharon Christa McAuliffe, STS-51L citizen observer/payload specialist,...

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NASA image: Sen. Jake Garn and astronaut Karol Bobko show cartoon from Doonesbury strip
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Apr 16, 1985

Sen. Jake Garn and astronaut Karol Bobko show cartoon from Doonesbury strip

51D-09-014 (12-19 April 1985) --- U.S. Senator E. J. (Jake) Garn (left), payload specialist; and Karol J. Bobko,...

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NASA image: STS-47 crew poses for official onboard (in space) portrait in SLJ module
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Sep 20, 1992

STS-47 crew poses for official onboard (in space) portrait in SLJ module

STS047-09-009 (12 - 20 Sept 1992) --- The seven crew members sharing eight days of research in support of Spacelab-J...

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NASA image: DPM and Glovebox, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Payload Specialist Albert Sacco in Spacelab
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Oct 21, 1995

DPM and Glovebox, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Payload Specialist Albert Sacco in Spacelab

STS073-E-5003 (23 Oct. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works at the Drop Physics...

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NASA image: DPM, Payload Specialist Al Sacco and Payload Commander Kathy Thornton work at DPM
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Nov 5, 1995

DPM, Payload Specialist Al Sacco and Payload Commander Kathy Thornton work at DPM

STS073-108-005 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Two members of the crew perform an in-flight maintenance on the Drop...

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NASA image: STDCE, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie works in the Spacelab
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Oct 24, 1995

STDCE, Payload Specialist Fred Leslie works in the Spacelab

STS073-E-5041 (26 Oct. 1995) --- Fred W. Leslie, STS-73 payload specialist, working out of NASA's Marshall Space...

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NASA image: COIS, Favier works with experiment assisted by Helms during LMS-1 mission
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Jul 9, 1996

COIS, Favier works with experiment assisted by Helms during LMS-1 mission

STS078-398-032 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, payload commander, measures the distance...

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NASA image: BDPU, Favier places new test chamber into experiment module in LMS-1 Spacelab
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Jul 9, 1996

BDPU, Favier places new test chamber into experiment module in LMS-1 Spacelab

STS078-301-021 (20 June - 7 July 1996) --- Payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space...

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NASA image: ZCG, Payload Specialist Al Sacco loads middeck experiment
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Nov 5, 1995

ZCG, Payload Specialist Al Sacco loads middeck experiment

STS073-353-018 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. inspects a crystal in a...

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NASA image: Crewmember in SPACELAB wearing the Acceleration Recording Unit and Collar.
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Jan 11, 1993

Crewmember in SPACELAB wearing the Acceleration Recording Unit and Collar.

STS058-202-002 (18 Oct.-1 Nov. 1993) --- Astronaut Rhea Seddon, STS-58 payload commander, spins the Spacelab Life...

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NASA image: STS-55 crewmembers work in the SL-D2 module onboard OV-102
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May 6, 1993

STS-55 crewmembers work in the SL-D2 module onboard OV-102

STS055-22-004 (26 April-6 May 1993) --- Four of the seven crew members who spent 10 days aboard the Space Shuttle...

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NASA image: Portrait of STS-9 crew in the Spacelab
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Nov 28, 1983

Portrait of STS-9 crew in the Spacelab

STS009-126-441 (28 Nov 1983) --- The six crewmembers of STS-9 position themselves in a star bust-like cluster in the...

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