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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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The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
This image was taken during the first drive of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars on March 4, 2021. Perseverance...
The Space Shuttle Atlantis transforms the early morning at KSC into near-daylight as its more than 7 million pounds...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi is helped by the Closeout Crew with his...
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took this shot, capturing its own shadow, while hovering over the Martian surface...
Provided by the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance orbiter, this overhead...
The STS-81 flight crew is welcomed to KSC by NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (far right) and Johnson Space Center...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy Space Center, First Lady Laura Bush...
The engineering models of both the Curiosity Mars rover (foreground) and the Perseverance Mars rover share space in...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to take a series of images of drifting clouds just...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Looking like discarded piles of foam or cotton, billows of smoke and steam surround...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Discovery is seen just moments after liftoff as it leaps from Launch Pad...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Like a rising sun lighting up the night, the Space Shuttle Atlantis soars from Launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A tracking camera on Launch Pad 39B captures a closeup of Space Shuttle Discovery...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch...
The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was able to...
This image of the Russian Mir Space Station was photographed by a crewmember of the STS-74 mission when the Orbiter...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 39B at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle Discovery fires its...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Cameras at the edge of a pond have a pristine view to Launch Pad 39B at NASA Kennedy...
One of the Navcam imagers aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on Feb. 26,...
This image of the "Enchanted Lake" rocky outcrop, informally named after a landmark in Alaska's Katmai National Park...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Arriving at the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush...
The STS-81 flight crew poses on the runway of KSC Shuttle Landing Facility after they arrive at the space center for...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spotted this hollowed-out rock in Jezero Crater using its Mastcam-Z instrument on...