CosmosObservatory
Explore
Solar System
Live
Learn
Tools
About
Cosmos Observatory
ToolsAbout
Cosmos Observatory

Explore the universe through NASA data, real-time ISS tracking, Mars rover imagery, asteroid monitoring, and comprehensive space encyclopedia. Your gateway to the cosmos.

Explore

  • APOD
  • Mars Rovers
  • Earth Imagery
  • NASA Gallery
  • ISS Tracker

Data

  • Asteroids
  • Solar System
  • Exoplanets
  • Space Weather
  • Launches

Tools

  • Glossary
  • News
  • Calculators

Legal

  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Space Tools
  • Contact

Stay updated with the cosmos

Get weekly digests of APOD highlights, upcoming launches, and space events.

© 2026 Cosmos Observatory. All rights reserved. Built with for space enthusiasts.

This website is not affiliated with, maintained, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with NASA or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. All NASA imagery is in the public domain unless otherwise noted. Data sourced from NASA Open APIs, Launch Library 2, and other open data services.

NASA Gallery

Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.

  1. Home
  2. /
  3. NASA Gallery

NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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.

Showing results for "Familiarization"

2,906 results found - Page 7 of 122

NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 17, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates visit the Vehicle Assembly Building during a familiarization tour of...

KSC
NASA image: iss065e006604
Image
Apr 26, 2021

iss065e006604

iss065e006604 (April 26, 2021) --- SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Specialists and Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Megan...

JSC
NASA image: iss059e000538
Image
Mar 18, 2019

iss059e000538

iss059e000538 (March 18, 2019) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 59 Flight Engineer Christina Koch familiarizes...

JSC
NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 16, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates visit the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B during a familiarization...

KSC
NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 17, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates view a booster segment for Artemis II inside the Rotation, Processing and...

KSC
NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 17, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates view a booster segment for Artemis II inside the Rotation, Processing and...

KSC
NASA image: CCP Astronauts at LC 39A and SpaceX Recovery Ship
Image
Mar 28, 2018

CCP Astronauts at LC 39A and SpaceX Recovery Ship

Commercial Crew Astronauts Bob Behnken , Eric Boe, Doug Hurley, and Suni Williams survey SpaceX's progress at Launch...

KSC
NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 17, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates walk inside the Vehicle Assembly Building during a familiarization tour of...

KSC
NASA image: iss067e033341
Image
May 1, 2022

iss067e033341

iss067e033341 (May 1, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins familiarizes...

JSC
NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 17, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates visit the Vehicle Assembly Building during a familiarization tour of...

KSC
NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 17, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates view a booster segment for Artemis II inside the Rotation, Processing and...

KSC
NASA image: Astronaut John Glenn and news media representatives during tour of Cape
Image
Jan 21, 1961

Astronaut John Glenn and news media representatives during tour of Cape

M61-00041 (January 1961) --- Astronaut John Glenn and news media representatives are pictured during a press...

JSC
NASA image: iss067e033349
Image
May 1, 2022

iss067e033349

iss067e033349 (May 1, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Robert Hines familiarizes himself...

JSC
NASA image: ASCAN Visit to KSC
Image
Oct 17, 2023

ASCAN Visit to KSC

NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates pose for a photograph on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building during...

KSC
NASA image: iss047e125942
Image
May 21, 2016

iss047e125942

ISS047e125942 (05/21/2016) --- The familiar "boot" shape of the county of Italy stands out in this nighttime image...

JSC
NASA image: iss064e008218
Image
Nov 30, 2020

iss064e008218

iss064e008218 (Nov. 30, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Victor Glover is pictured among...

JSC
NASA image: Group 13, 1990 ASCAN Ochoa in T-38 cockpit during Ellington flight training
Image
Aug 13, 1990

Group 13, 1990 ASCAN Ochoa in T-38 cockpit during Ellington flight training

S90-45814 (1990) --- Soon after being named an astronaut candidate, Class of 1990, Ellen Ochoa is about to take a...

JSC
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Charles Camarda arrives at KSC aboard a T-38 jet aircraft. He and other crew members are at the Center for familiarization activities with equipment. The mission is Logistics Flight 1, scheduled to deliver the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module carrying supplies and equipment,to the Space Station, and the external stowage platform.
Image
Mar 5, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Charles Camarda arrives at KSC aboard a T-38 jet aircraft. He and other crew members are at the Center for familiarization activities with equipment. The mission is Logistics Flight 1, scheduled to deliver the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module carrying supplies and equipment,to the Space Station, and the external stowage platform.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Charles Camarda arrives at KSC aboard a T-38 jet aircraft....

KSC
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi looks at tile on the underside of the orbiter Discovery. Noguchi is with the Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency. He and other crew members are at KSC becoming familiar with Shuttle and mission equipment. The mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment plus the external stowage platform to the International Space Station.
Image
Mar 5, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi looks at tile on the underside of the orbiter Discovery. Noguchi is with the Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency. He and other crew members are at KSC becoming familiar with Shuttle and mission equipment. The mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment plus the external stowage platform to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi looks at tile on the underside of the orbiter...

KSC
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the nose cap recently removed from Atlantis. From left are Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence, Commander Eileen Collins and Pilot James Kelly (behind Collins). Lawrence is a new addition to the mission crew. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.
Image
Oct 30, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the nose cap recently removed from Atlantis. From left are Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence, Commander Eileen Collins and Pilot James Kelly (behind Collins). Lawrence is a new addition to the mission crew. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the nose cap recently...

KSC
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-117 Mission Specialist James Reilly (right, in front) works with equipment in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) as part of training for ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA). At left is STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.
Image
Oct 21, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-117 Mission Specialist James Reilly (right, in front) works with equipment in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) as part of training for ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA). At left is STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-117 Mission Specialist James Reilly...

KSC
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the tiles underneath Atlantis. From left (in flight suits) are Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Andy Thomas, Commander Eileen Collins and, at right, Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, who is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. Accompanying them is Glenda Laws, EVA Task Leader, with United Space Alliance at Johnson Space Center. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.
Image
Oct 30, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the tiles underneath Atlantis. From left (in flight suits) are Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Andy Thomas, Commander Eileen Collins and, at right, Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, who is with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. Accompanying them is Glenda Laws, EVA Task Leader, with United Space Alliance at Johnson Space Center. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-114 crew members look at the tiles underneath...

KSC
NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (left) and STS-117 Mission Specialist James Reilly (right) remove a cover from the Exposed Facility Berthing Mechanism (EFBM) on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) behind them. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.
Image
Oct 21, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (left) and STS-117 Mission Specialist James Reilly (right) remove a cover from the Exposed Facility Berthing Mechanism (EFBM) on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) behind them. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner...

KSC
NASA image: SHL_9836-1:..In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA conducts a �ޔfit check��� familiarization aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft June 25 as part of the preparations for launch with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on July 7, Baikonur time for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...GCTC/Andrei Shelepin.
Image
Jun 25, 2016

SHL_9836-1:..In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Kate Rubins of NASA conducts a �ޔfit check��� familiarization aboard the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft June 25 as part of the preparations for launch with Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on July 7, Baikonur time for a planned four-month mission on the International Space Station...GCTC/Andrei Shelepin.

SHL_9836-1: In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 48-49 crewmember Kate...

JSC
PreviousPage 7 of 100Next

Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

Are NASA images free to use?+
Yes, most NASA images are in the public domain and are free to use for educational, informational, and personal purposes. NASA's media usage guidelines state that NASA material is not copyrighted unless otherwise noted. However, the NASA logo and certain insignia are protected. Some images may include identifiable individuals or third-party content that requires additional permissions. Always check the specific image's usage rights and credit NASA as the source.
How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
Can I download NASA images?+
Yes, you can download NASA images in multiple resolutions directly from this gallery. Each image detail page provides download links for original (full resolution), large (1920px), medium (960px), small (480px), and thumbnail sizes. NASA encourages the public to use these images for education, media, and personal projects. High-resolution originals are ideal for printing and professional use.

Explore More NASA Content

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Daily curated space image

Mars Rover Photos

Curiosity & Perseverance images

Earth from Space

DSCOVR EPIC daily images

Launch Schedule

Upcoming rocket launches

Space News

Mission updates & discoveries