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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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ISS008-E-18938 (24 March 2004) --- This photo of a large black smoke plume over southeastern Iraq was taken by an...
Research with plants in microgravity offers many exciting opportunities to gain new insights and could improve...
AS6-02-1455 (4 April 1968) --- Texas is photographed from the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space...
Artist: John Bahrer Oil Portrait: Dr.Smith J. DeFranch, founding Director of Ames Research Center 1940 to 1965 Note:...
41G-120-163 (5-13 Oct 1984) --- The long, linear parallel ridges of the Zagros Mountains of southwestern Iran. Dark,...
41G-38-060 (5-13 Oct 1984) --- A large ship wake in the central Mediterranean Sea is highlighted by sunglint in this...
NASA and The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory discuss the first space-based instrument to observe major air...
This false-color composite image from NASA UAVSAR taken on June 23, 2010, shows the southern Louisiana coastline,...
Videographer of the Year 2021 - Documentation
In this episode of The Quiet Crew, you’ll meet Matthew Zu, NASA's life support systems lead for the Quesst mission....
STS080-733-021 (19 Nov.-7 Dec. 1996) --- The crewmembers of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia took this view...
STS083-302-002 (4-8 April 1997) --- At the MidDeck Glove Box (MGBX), astronaut Donald A. Thomas, mission specialist,...
STS084-701-026 (15-24 May 1997) --- The Volga River enters the Caspian, the world's largest inland sea, from the...
About 200 children of employees at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center visited the facility for annual Take Our...
The northeast coast of Hokkaido and Kunashir Island, Japan (44.0N, 143.0E) are seen bordered by drifting sea ice....
The southwestern border of Brunei with Sarawak, Malaysia is strikingly apparent due to differences in land use...
Director's Colloquium; Dr Jonathan Trent, Physical Scientist with NASA Ames Bioengineering Branch presents 'OMEGA...
ISS026-E-033647 (13 March 2011 --- From 220 miles above Japan, an Expedition 26 crew member onboard the...
iss049e002308 (9/13/2016) --- A view taken during Selectable Optics Diagnostic Instrument (SODI) DSC Hardware Setup...
A Bay High School team member prepares the oil and water samples for their next drop operation as part of the second...
STS062-153-226 (4-18 March 1994) --- Though it did not reproduce well, this photo gives scientific information to...
Citizen scientist Rick Lundh created this abstract Jovian artwork using data from the JunoCam imager onboard NASA's...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in two wavelengths of infrared light, each...
Director's Colloquium; Dr Jonathan Trent, Physical Scientist with NASA Ames Bioengineering Branch presents 'OMEGA...