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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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The GPM Microwave Imager instrument being constructed in a lab by Ball Aerospace & Technology Corporation....
NASA engineers Rob Gallagher (left), Ken Smith (right) and Deneen Ferro (inside the spacecraft, center) work on the...
This most distant x-ray cluster of galaxies yet has been found by astronomers using Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO)....
This x-ray image of the Cassiopeia A (CAS A) supernova remnant is the official first light image of the Chandra...
After barely 2 months in space, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) took this sturning image of the Crab Nebula, the...
Scientists presented the first images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory [SDO] during a special "first...
This artist impression shows the tarburst galaxy HFLS3. The galaxy appears as little more than a faint, red smudge...
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse center is surrounded by a clumpy envelope of material in its immediate vicinity...
This map shows the distribution of water in the stratosphere of Jupiter as measured with the Herschel space...
Some of the coldest and darkest dust in space shines brightly in this infrared image from the Herschel Observatory,...
A region of the sky called the Lockman Hole, located in the constellation of Ursa Major, is one of the areas...
ESA Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to Earth on Jan. 5...
Inner structural features seen in this image from ESA Herschel Space Observatory are helping scientists to...
The Lowell Observatory's High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation rests on its dolly in the lab prior to...
Madhulika Guhathakurta, SDO Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, speaks during a briefing to...
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly is lifted above wing level prior to its reinstallation in the telescope cavity of...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows arches of magnetic field lines...
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a long coronal hole has rotated so that was temporarily facing right towards...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows dark strands of plasma hovering...
This Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of the mysterious superstar Eta Carinae reveals a surprising hot irner core,...
The Lifetime Achievement Award is seen at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History’s Nuclear Science Week...
Director of the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division, Dr. Lori Glaze, speaks after...
Director of the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division, Dr. Lori Glaze, speaks after...
Director of the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division, Dr. Lori Glaze, speaks after...