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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David Oh, Psyche chief engineer for operations, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, participates in a Psyche mission...
Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX, participates in a Psyche mission prelaunch news...
Alana Johnson, NASA Communications, moderates a Psyche mission and science briefing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center...
Technicians encapsulate NASA’s Psyche spacecraft in its payload fairings – the cone at the top of the rocket – at...
Professor Gerold Willing from the University of Louisville speaks about Colloidal Crystals possible use in the...
NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana participates in a Psyche mission prelaunch news conference at NASA’s Kennedy...
Close-up view of the Binary Colloidal Alloy Test during an experiment run aboard the Russian Mir space station. BCAT...
The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and...
NICER’s X-ray concentrator optics are inspected under a black light for dust and foreign object debris that could...
NASA image release August 5, 2010 A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great...
The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and...
The closest star system to the Earth is the famous Alpha Centauri group. Located in the constellation of Centaurus...
The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission instrument (left) sits in the "trunk" that will...
The Sand Fire in the Santa Clarita Valley area of Southern California erupted on Friday, July 22, 2016, and rapidly...
This is an onboard photo of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) power control unit (PCU), the heart of the HST's power...
Astronaut Charles Conrad at the controls of the Visual Docking Simulator. From A.W. Vogeley, "Piloted Space-Flight...
This is an onboard photo of Astronaut John M. Grunsfield, STS-109 payload commander, participating in the third of...
These Jupiter photographs are part of a set taken by NASA Voyager 1 on December 10 and 11, 1978 from a distance of...
This photograph shows support structures wrapped in gold thermal blankets that look like a golden cage. The...
The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was designed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to test the...
The Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis of NASA's Psyche spacecraft is mounted onto a rotation fixture in High...
Walter (Wally) M. Schirra in Visual Docking Simulator From A.W. Vogeley, "Piloted Space-Flight Simulation at Langley...
Technicians and scientists check out one of the Webb telescope's first two flight mirrors in the clean room at...
Image released April 19, 2013. Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic...