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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This is a photo of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST),in its origianl configuration, berthed in the cargo bay of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towering atop the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter, Space Shuttle...
Strapped into their seats inside the orbiter Discovery for a simulated countdown exercise are (left to right)...
In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1, STS-103 crew members look over equipment to be used on planned...
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...
This colorful image shows a nebula – a cloud of gas and dust in space – captured by NASA's now-retired Spitzer Space...
This image illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA). One of the three major...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-103 crew, with representatives from Goddard Space Flight Center,...
The MIRI itself weighs 181 pounds (82 kg) and is being held by a special balance beam (on the left of the photo),...
Images of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are overlaid on a map of the surrounding area, our...
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the...
This drawing illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS). The...
This is a view of the Russian Mir Space Station photographed by a crewmember of the fifth Shuttle/Mir docking...
This illustration depicts the design features of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Support Systems Module (SSM)....
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, STS-103 Mission Specialist Steven L. Smith (right) and other members of...
This is the insignia of the STS-109 Space Shuttle mission. Carrying a crew of seven, the Space Shuttle Orbiter...
In this photograph, Dr. Gerald Fishman of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), a principal investigator of the...
This composite image contains data from Chandra (purple) that provides evidence for the survival of a companion star...
On April 30, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed Comet ISON again. The comet is in the upper middle, showing the...
This is footage of the GPM Core spacecraft leaving Goddard Space Flight Center and traveling to Andrews Air Force...
NASA image release June 6, 2010 Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like...
This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the colorful "last hurrah" of a star like...
A cluster of newborn stars herald their birth in this interstellar Valentine Day commemorative picture obtained with...