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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STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Department of Defense (DOD) mission Hand-held Earth-oriented Real-time...
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida perform work on the agency’s Psyche spacecraft inside the...
Psyche Spacecraft Arrival
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft undergoes processing and servicing ahead of launch atop a work stand inside the Payload...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft undergoes processing and servicing ahead of launch atop a work stand inside the Payload...
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visits Kennedy Space Center in Florida and receives a briefing by team members...
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the agency’s Psyche...
A team working on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft transitioned it from a vertical to a horizontal test configuration during...
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visits Kennedy Space Center in Florida and views the agency’s Psyche spacecraft...
A team working on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft transitioned it from a vertical to horizontal test configuration during...
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visits Kennedy Space Center in Florida and receives a briefing by team members...
Psyche Unboxed in PHSF
Preparations are underway to offload NASA’s Psyche spacecraft from the C-17 aircraft it arrived aboard at Kennedy...
Psyche Prelaunch Spacecraft Processing
Preparations are underway to offload NASA’s Psyche spacecraft from the C-17 aircraft it arrived aboard at Kennedy...
The streak circled in the center of this image is asteroid 2020 QG, which came closer to Earth than any other...
Engineering technician Jeff Howell removes thin pieces of tape from fiber used for a bonding process on the Mock...
The first detection of Pluto in X-rays has been made using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in conjunction with...
Caption: One dozen (out of 18) flight mirror segments that make up the primary mirror on NASA's James Webb Space...
This comparison of two views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, taken fairly close together in time, illustrates a...
A view of the one dozen (out of 18) flight mirror segments that make up the primary mirror on NASA's James Webb...
Professor David Marr from the Colorado School of Mines talks about Crystallization and Folding of Complex Colloidal...
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful and most technologically challenging space telescope...
Jasmine Hopkins, NASA Communications, moderates a Psyche mission prelaunch news conference at NASA’s Kennedy Space...