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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.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Apollo_Saturn V Center, First Lady Laura Bush (right)...
Sitting in the life raft, during the Apollo 12 Pacific recovery, are the three mission astronauts; Alan L. Bean,...
This set of images shows part of the deployment of the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) wind sensors on...
Vandi Verma, an engineer who now works with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, is seen here working as a driver for the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From a work stand in the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-102 crew members James...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Apollo_SaturnV Center, First Lady Laura Bush and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, STS-114 Pilot James Kelly discusses the payloads in Space Shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Discovery in full launch configuration is revealed after the Rotating...
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover's rear Hazard Camera on April 4,...
iss066e023198 (October 29, 2021) -- NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 flight engineer Megan McArthur is seen with a...
This natural-color, high-resolution mosaic showing "Observation Rock" was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument on...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is on its ascent to the rim of Jezero Crater, and it captured a portion of the...
Taken on March 5, 2021, this color-calibrated image from a Navigation Camera aboard NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter near the base of Jezero Crater's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The pond near Launch Pad 39B reflects the blaze of light created by the liftoff of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy Space Center, NASA Administrator Mike...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The astronauts for space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission address the media on hand to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the stands at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Banana Creek viewing site, First Lady...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover drove first backward then forward as it negotiated some slippery terrain found along...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) at SPACEHAB in Cape Canaveral, Fla.,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seeming to erupt from between the liquefied hydrogen gas tank on the left and 290-foot...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the edge of a pond across from Launch Pad 39B, only long grasses stand between the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy Space Center, NASA Administrator Mike...
The white speck is NASA's Perseverance rover in the "South Séítah" area of Mars' Jezero Crater. The image was taken...