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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.

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NASA image: GPM's H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.23, First stage VOS
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Dec 8, 2017

GPM's H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.23, First stage VOS

GPM's launch vehicle, the H-IIA No.23, first stage VOS (Vehicle On Stand). GPM is a joint mission between NASA and...

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NASA image: Hubble Sees Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient Galaxies
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Sees Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient Galaxies

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the dense galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 in the northern...

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NASA image: JWST’s First Full-Color Images Media Briefing
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Jul 12, 2022

JWST’s First Full-Color Images Media Briefing

A NASA Social attendee is seen wearing a headband featuring Webb mirrors during a briefing with NASA Public Affairs...

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NASA image: NASA's Hubble Shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot is Smaller than Ever
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Dec 8, 2017

NASA's Hubble Shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot is Smaller than Ever

An image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot taken in 2014 with Hubble's WFC3 camera. The spot has a diameter here of 16...

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NASA image: New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto
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Dec 8, 2017

New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto

Pluto’s Blue Sky: Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons...

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NASA image: Terminator View of Mercury
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Dec 8, 2017

Terminator View of Mercury

Date acquired: May 05, 2014 Today's color image features both Mercury's terminator and limb. The terminator is the...

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NASA image: Beautiful New Landsat Mosaic of Chesapeake Bay
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Dec 8, 2017

Beautiful New Landsat Mosaic of Chesapeake Bay

Aug 30, 2011 USGS has released a new mosaic of the Chesapeake Bay. Using six Landsat 5 images collected in July 2009...

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NASA image: Hubble Sees a Young Star Take Center Stage
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Sees a Young Star Take Center Stage

With its helical appearance resembling a snail’s shell, this reflection nebula seems to spiral out from a luminous...

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NASA image: Senator Barbara Mikulski Visits NASA Goddard
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Dec 8, 2017

Senator Barbara Mikulski Visits NASA Goddard

Sen. Barbara Mikulski participated in a ribbon cutting at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on January 6th, 2016,...

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NASA image: Earth from Orbit 2014
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Dec 8, 2017

Earth from Orbit 2014

Every day of every year, NASA satellites provide useful data about our home planet, and along the way, some...

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NASA image: NASA's SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapses SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse
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Dec 8, 2017

NASA's SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapses SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse

Less than once per decade, Mercury passes between the Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...

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NASA image: Thermal Vacuum Testing
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Dec 8, 2017

Thermal Vacuum Testing

Engineers guiding the GPM Core Observatory into the thermal vacuum chamber. Credit: NASA/Goddard The Global...

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NASA image: SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit - 304 Angstrom
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Dec 8, 2017

SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit - 304 Angstrom

NASA image captured June 6, 2012. On June 5-6 2012, SDO is collecting images of one of the rarest predictable solar...

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NASA image: Hubble Paints a Spattering of Blue
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Dec 8, 2017

Hubble Paints a Spattering of Blue

Far beyond the stars in the constellation of Leo (The Lion) is irregular galaxy IC 559. IC 559 is not your everyday...

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NASA image: Earth Eclipses the Sun
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Dec 8, 2017

Earth Eclipses the Sun

Twice a year, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has an eclipse season — a weeks-long period in which Earth...

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NASA image: Activity at Shiveluch Volcano
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Dec 8, 2017

Activity at Shiveluch Volcano

NASA image acquired Sept 7, 2010 Shiveluch (also spelled Sheveluch) is one of the largest and most active volcanoes...

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NASA image: Down in Front! [video]
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Dec 8, 2017

Down in Front! [video]

NOAA's GOES-13 satellite saw a large pesky front, one that stretched from Maine to Louisiana on April 13 at 16:15...

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NASA image: Cretaceous Footprints Found on Goddard Campus
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Dec 8, 2017

Cretaceous Footprints Found on Goddard Campus

About 110 million light years away, the bright, barred spiral galaxy NGC3259 was just forming stars in dark bands of...

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NASA image: Fires in Australia's Northern Territory and Bathurst Island
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Dec 8, 2017

Fires in Australia's Northern Territory and Bathurst Island

The Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image of fires in Australia with the Moderate Resolution Imaging...

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NASA image: Winter storm Hits Mid-Atlantic Region
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Dec 8, 2017

Winter storm Hits Mid-Atlantic Region

This full disc image of earth shows the strom system on Dec. 10, 2013 at 1445 UTC. According to the National Weather...

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NASA image: Approaching the 2015 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum
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Dec 8, 2017

Approaching the 2015 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum

As the sun sets over the Arctic, the end of this year’s melt season is quickly approaching and the sea ice cover has...

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NASA image: Coloring the Sea Around the Pribilof Islands
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Dec 8, 2017

Coloring the Sea Around the Pribilof Islands

The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this view of a phytoplankton bloom near Alaska’s Pribilof...

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NASA image: Typhoon Soudelor's Eye Close-Up from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP
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Dec 8, 2017

Typhoon Soudelor's Eye Close-Up from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP

On August 6, 2015, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over powerful Typhoon Soudelor when it was headed toward...

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NASA image: BENNU’S JOURNEY
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Dec 8, 2017

BENNU’S JOURNEY

This large asteroid, a proto-star undergoes fusion and our sun is born. This is the parent of Asteroid Bennu. Today,...

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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.

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