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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.
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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jsc2026e034368 (April 28, 2026) --- Preflight image of ODYSSEY flight hardware containing cultures of donor and...
ISS030-E-009271 (5 Dec. 2011) --- Lake Eyre floods in South Australia are featured in this image photographed by an...
This is a photo of a technician at KES Science and Technology Inc., in Kernesaw, Georgia, assembling the AiroCide...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
The blueprint of life, DNA's double helix is found in the cells of everything from bacteria to astronauts. Exposure...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Prototype Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Prital Thakrar,...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
Helen Cole, the project manager for the Lab-on-a-Chip Applications Development program, and Lisa Monaco, the project...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Prototype Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Prital Thakrar,...
This photograph shows activities during the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1) mission (STS-42) in the...
Astrobiologists study ancient lakes on Earth in order to help us search for life in our solar system and beyond....
This frame a movie from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's robotic arm in its stowed configuration,...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
This photograph shows activities during the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1) mission (STS-42) in the...
NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps works to transfer Rhodium science chambers to an ambient locker location. Swinburne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Prototype Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Evan Williams,...
ISS015-E-05815 (30 April 2007) --- Algae in Great Salt Lake, Utah is featured in this image photographed by an...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
When NASA started plarning for manned space travel in 1959, the myriad challenges of sustaining life in space...
Why do we send anything into space? Well, it turns out, sending spacecraft into space has a major impact on your...