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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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An engineer working on NASA's Mars 2020 mission uses a solar intensity probe to measure and compare the amount of...
NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is seen orbiting Earth in this 13-second exposure photograph, Monday,...
A recent Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view reveals Uranus surrounded by its 4 major rings and 10 of its 17 known...
Enceladus looks as though it is half lit by sunlight in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, but looks can be...
This processed image is the highest-resolution color look yet at the haze layers in Pluto's atmosphere. Shown in...
This beautiful look at Saturn's south polar atmosphere shows the hurricane-like polar storm swirling there. Sunlight...
Saturn's moon Enceladus drifts before the rings, which glow brightly in the sunlight. Beneath its icy exterior...
art002e000192 (April 3, 2026) - This nighttime picture of Earth was taken on April 2, 2026, by an Artemis II crew...
Early morning sunlight illuminates the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida,...
s133e010858 (3/7/2011) --- The Materials International Space Station Experiment-7 (MISSE-7) is a test bed for...
Testing of the Solar Dynamic Collector for Space Freedom. The solar dynamic power system includes a solar...
s133e010727 (3/7/2011) --- The Materials International Space Station Experiment-7 (MISSE-7) is a test bed for...
STS061-99-009 (9 Dec 1993) --- Sunlight reflects off the Space Shuttle Endeavour's aft windows and the shiny Hubble...
ARTIST: Rick Guidice Space Colonization; inside the sphere gravity is strongest along the equator. as on moves...
The diamond-ring effect occurred at the beginning and end of totality during a total solar eclipse. As the last bits...
iss072e030147 (Oct. 7, 2024) --- The atmospheric glow, caused by atoms and moelcules excited by sunlight, blankets...
s133e010099 (3/7/2011) --- The Materials International Space Station Experiment-7 (MISSE-7) is a test bed for...
Testing of the Solar Dynamic Collector for Space Freedom. The solar dynamic power system includes a solar...
art002e014045 (April 6, 2026) - This view of the Moon captures the terminator—the shifting boundary between day and...
This view of Saturn looks toward the planet's night side, lit by sunlight reflected from the rings. A mosaic of some...
This figure shows how the Alice instrument count rate changed over time during the sunset and sunrise observations....
NASA's Juno mission captured this view of Jupiter's intriguing, icy moon Europa during a close pass on Sept. 29,...
This image from NASA MESSENGER spacecraft is stitched together from thousands of observations made over the past 4...
Dione lit hemisphere faces away from NASA Cassini spacecraft camera, yet the moon darkened surface features are...