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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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Visitors get a rare opportunity to view laser beams pointed at the moon at Optical Site. Goddard's Laser Ranging...
The James Webb Space Telescope's ISIM structure recently endured a "gravity sag test" as it was rotated in...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, built in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,...
Left image: The x-ray data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) has revealed a bright central star surrounded by...
These images represent radar observations of asteroid 99942 Apophis on March 8, 9, and 10, 2021, as it made its last...
These two false-color images of the Manaus region of Brazil in South America were acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging...
Storm systems and weather activity unlike anything encountered in the solar system are on view in these color images...
The High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM³), seen here, is one of two instruments that will be...
The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and...
Astronaut James Lovell at the controls of the Visual Docking Simulator. From A.W. Vogeley, "Piloted Space-Flight...
Far beyond the stars in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) is irregular galaxy IC 559. IC 559 is not your everyday...
A major component of NASA's Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern...
This is a photo of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST),in its origianl configuration, berthed in the cargo bay of the...
Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom at the controls of the Visual Docking Simulator. From A.W. Vogeley, "Piloted...
A NICER team member measures the focused optical power of each X-ray concentrator in a clean tent at NASA’s Goddard...
NASA's Psyche spacecraft is captured here on August 18, 2021, in a clean room at the agency's Jet Propulsion...
NASA successfully launched a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying student experiments...
ISS025-E-008532 (5 Oct. 2010) --- Photographed by an Expedition 25 crew member on the International Space Station,...
This artist's concept depicts the current record holder for the most luminous galaxy in the universe. The galaxy,...
Carrying a crew of seven, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia soared through some pre-dawn clouds into the sky as it...
Engineers are checking to make sure that MIRI is precisely positioned with the ISIM as it slides into position. They...
NICER team members Takashi Okajima, Yang Soong, and Steven Kenyon apply epoxy to the X-ray concentrator mounts after...
JWST Full-Scale Model on Display. A full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope was built by the prime...
Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom at the controls of the Visual Docking Simulator. From A.W. Vogeley, "Piloted...