Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.
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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STS127-S-005 (15 July 2009) --- After suiting up, the STS-127 crew members exit the Operations and Checkout Building...
How does the Space Shuttle use parachutes? Essentially, you'll find three places on the Space Shuttle where we use...
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft looked back...
Two kinds of dramatic shadows play across the face of Saturn in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft from Dec....
The slim crescent of Ceres smiles back as the dwarf planet awaits the arrival of an emissary from Earth. This image...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this selfie using its left black-and-white navigation camera, which is mounted...
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft looked back...
This is one of the first images NASA's Perseverance rover sent back after touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021....
A vantage point on "Vera Rubin Ridge" provided NASA's Curiosity Mars rover this detailed look back over the area...
This annotated image was taken by a parachute-up-look camera aboard the protective back shell of NASA's Perseverance...
Saturn's main rings, seen here on their "lit" face, appear much darker than normal. That's because they tend to...
This photo shows the upper side of the cruise stage of NASA's InSight spacecraft as specialists at Lockheed Martin...
Today, the MESSENGER spacecraft sent its final image. Originally planned to orbit Mercury for one year, the mission...
Two different versions of an image of Pluto's haze layers, taken by New Horizons as it looked back at Pluto's dark...
ISS009-E-05034 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz...
S66-50769 (8 Sept. 1966) --- Gemini-11 prime and backup crews are pictured at the Gemini Mission Simulator at Cape...
ISS012-E-05001 (10 October 2005) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft departs from...
STS045-71-001 (24 March 1992) --- This 70mm photograph of the external fuel tank (ET) for STS-45 was photographed 4...
ISS009-E-05024 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz...
ISS009-E-05019 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz...
ISS009-E-05027 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz...
The sun sets as NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and...
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft,...
A view from cameras on the exterior of the Orion spacecraft before, during, and after the apogee raise burn...