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 infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows N103B -- all that remains from a supernova that exploded...
In this new view of the Andromeda, also known as M31, galaxy from the Herschel space observatory, cool lanes of...
This infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals the stars and...
This composite image, combining data from NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the...
This map illustrates the numerous star-forming clouds, called cold cores, that European Space Agency Planck observed...
iss071e523798 (Aug. 7, 2024) --- The Milky Way is pictured from the International Space Station near the top of this...
This image of the nearby edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 55 was taken by Galaxy Evolution Explorer on September 14, 2003,...
iss063e058409 (July 24, 2020) --- This long-exposure photograph from the International Space Station was taken...
Sea oats frame the night sky, bisected by the Milky Way, in this view from the Atlantic shoreline at NASA’s Kennedy...
iss071e258029 (June 30, 2024) --- The Milky Way appears in the vastness of space behind the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour...
Sea oats are backdropped by the night sky and the Milky Way in this view from the Atlantic shoreline at NASA’s...
iss049e032063 (Oct. 8, 2016) --- Earth's atmospheric glow, the stars of the Milky Way and an experiment facility at...
iss063e054340 (July 23, 2020) --- This long-exposure photograph during an orbital night period from the...
iss063e058430 (July 24, 2020) --- This long-exposure photograph from the International Space Station was taken...
iss071e258198 (June 30, 2024) --- The Milky Way appears in the vastness of space behind the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour...
iss072e159833 (Nov. 10, 2024) -- A long-exposure shot taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit shows the intricacies of...
iss063e058447 (July 24, 2020) --- This long-exposure photograph from the International Space Station was taken...
iss071e257972 (June 30, 2024) --- The Milky Way appears in the vastness of space behind the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour...
iss072e574663 (January 29, 2025) --- The Earth appears green due to the Aurora Australis, while the Milky Way rises...
Sea oats are backdropped by the night sky and the Milky Way in this view from the Atlantic shoreline at NASA’s...
iss060e002064 (June 29, 2019) -- A starry Milky Way glitters above Earth's tranquil atmospheric glow as the...
iss071e257801 (June 30, 2024) --- The Milky Way appears in the vastness of space behind the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour...
What are some skywatching highlights in July 2022? The naked-eye planets of dawn – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn...
This panoramic view of the entire sky reveals the distribution of galaxies beyond our Milky Way galaxy, which...