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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: Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) Radish Harvest for PH-02
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Jun 13, 2019

Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) Radish Harvest for PH-02

Radish plants are growing inside the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) ground unit inside a laboratory in the Space...

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NASA image: Plant Water Management
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May 10, 2019

Plant Water Management

jsc2019e041774 (5/10/2019) --- Preflight imagery of a Plant Water Management (PWM) Harness and Hydroponics Test...

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NASA image: iss068e040103
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Jan 12, 2023

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iss068e043103 (Jan. 12, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada tends to thale cress...

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NASA image: Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) Radish Harvest for PH-02
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Jun 13, 2019

Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) Radish Harvest for PH-02

Radish plants are growing inside the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) ground unit inside a laboratory in the Space...

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NASA image: iss064e030235
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Feb 8, 2021

iss064e030235

iss064e030235 (2/8/2021) --- A view of the Plant Water Management (PWM) investigation aboard the International space...

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NASA image: Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) Radish Harvest for PH-02
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Jun 13, 2019

Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) Radish Harvest for PH-02

Radish plants are growing inside the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) ground unit inside a laboratory in the Space...

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NASA image: iss064e030517
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Feb 9, 2021

iss064e030517

iss064e030517 (2/9/2021) --- A view of the Plant Water Management (PWM) investigation aboard the International space...

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NASA image: iss064e030275
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Feb 8, 2021

iss064e030275

iss064e030275 (2/8/2021) --- A view of the Plant Water Management (PWM) investigation aboard the International space...

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NASA image: Plant Water Management
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May 10, 2019

Plant Water Management

jsc2019e041775 (5/10/2019) --- Preflight imagery of a Plant Water Management (PWM) Harness and Soil Test Article....

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NASA image: Advanced Plant Habitat (APH)
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Mar 16, 2017

Advanced Plant Habitat (APH)

A test unit, or prototype, of NASA's Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) with its first initial grow test in the Space...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lanfang Levine, with Dynamac Corp., helps install a Dionex DX-500 IC/HPLC system in the Space Life Sciences Lab. The equipment will enable analysis of volatile compounds, such as from plants. The 100,000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA’s ongoing research efforts, microbiology/microbial ecology studies and analytical chemistry labs. Also calling the new lab home are facilities for space flight-experiment and flight-hardware development, new plant growth chambers, and an Orbiter Environment Simulator that will be used to conduct ground control experiments in simulated flight conditions for space flight experiments. The SLS Lab, formerly known as the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory or SERPL, provides space for NASA’s Life Sciences Services contractor Dynamac Corporation, Bionetics Corporation, and researchers from the University of Florida. NASA’s Office of Biological and Physical Research will use the facility for processing life sciences experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The SLS Lab is the magnet facility for the International Space Research Park at KSC being developed in partnership with Florida Space Authority.
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Jan 5, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lanfang Levine, with Dynamac Corp., helps install a Dionex DX-500 IC/HPLC system in the Space Life Sciences Lab. The equipment will enable analysis of volatile compounds, such as from plants. The 100,000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA’s ongoing research efforts, microbiology/microbial ecology studies and analytical chemistry labs. Also calling the new lab home are facilities for space flight-experiment and flight-hardware development, new plant growth chambers, and an Orbiter Environment Simulator that will be used to conduct ground control experiments in simulated flight conditions for space flight experiments. The SLS Lab, formerly known as the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory or SERPL, provides space for NASA’s Life Sciences Services contractor Dynamac Corporation, Bionetics Corporation, and researchers from the University of Florida. NASA’s Office of Biological and Physical Research will use the facility for processing life sciences experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The SLS Lab is the magnet facility for the International Space Research Park at KSC being developed in partnership with Florida Space Authority.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Life Sciences Lab, Lanfang Levine, with Dynamac Corp., transfers material into a sample bottle for analysis. She is standing in front of new equipment in the lab that will provide gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The equipment will enable analysis of volatile compounds, such as from plants. The 100,000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA’s ongoing research efforts, microbiology/microbial ecology studies and analytical chemistry labs. Also calling the new lab home are facilities for space flight-experiment and flight-hardware development, new plant growth chambers, and an Orbiter Environment Simulator that will be used to conduct ground control experiments in simulated flight conditions for space flight experiments. The SLS Lab, formerly known as the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory or SERPL, provides space for NASA’s Life Sciences Services contractor Dynamac Corporation, Bionetics Corporation, and researchers from the University of Florida. NASA’s Office of Biological and Physical Research will use the facility for processing life sciences experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The SLS Lab is the magnet facility for the International Space Research Park at KSC being developed in partnership with Florida Space Authority.
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Jan 5, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Life Sciences Lab, Lanfang Levine, with Dynamac Corp., transfers material into a sample bottle for analysis. She is standing in front of new equipment in the lab that will provide gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The equipment will enable analysis of volatile compounds, such as from plants. The 100,000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA’s ongoing research efforts, microbiology/microbial ecology studies and analytical chemistry labs. Also calling the new lab home are facilities for space flight-experiment and flight-hardware development, new plant growth chambers, and an Orbiter Environment Simulator that will be used to conduct ground control experiments in simulated flight conditions for space flight experiments. The SLS Lab, formerly known as the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory or SERPL, provides space for NASA’s Life Sciences Services contractor Dynamac Corporation, Bionetics Corporation, and researchers from the University of Florida. NASA’s Office of Biological and Physical Research will use the facility for processing life sciences experiments that will be conducted on the International Space Station. The SLS Lab is the magnet facility for the International Space Research Park at KSC being developed in partnership with Florida Space Authority.

NASA image: Microgravity
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Oct 1, 1998

Microgravity

Research with plants in microgravity offers many exciting opportunities to gain new insights and could improve...

MSFC
NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Lifts Off for First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Lifts Off for First Flight

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Takes Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Takes Historic First Flight

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Takes Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Takes Historic First Flight

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air...

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NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Takes Historic First Flight
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Takes Historic First Flight

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air...

AFRC
NASA image: NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff
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Oct 28, 2025

NASA’s X-59 Soars After Historic Takeoff

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air...

AFRC
NASA image: KSC-04pd1304
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Jun 17, 2004

KSC-04pd1304

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the KSC Space Life Sciences Lab, Arabidopsis plants appear purple under red and...

KSC
NASA image: Microgravity
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Apr 15, 2004

Microgravity

Astroculture is a suite of technologies used to produce and maintain a closed controlled environment for plant...

MSFC
NASA image: Microgravity
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Apr 15, 2004

Microgravity

Astroculture is a suite of technologies used to produce and maintain a closed controlled environment for plant...

MSFC
NASA image: GRC-2011-C-03450
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Sep 13, 2007

GRC-2011-C-03450

Construction of the Icing Research Tunnel, IRT, Refrigeration Plant-Newly Installed Heat Exchanger

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lanfang Levine, with Dynamac Corp., helps install a Dionex DX-500 IC/HPLC system in...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Life Sciences Lab, Lanfang Levine, with Dynamac Corp., transfers material...

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