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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.

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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: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A tri-colored heron stands sentry in the marshes around KSC. It has slate blue feathers on most of its body except for a white chest and belly and a rust-colored neck. It has long yellow legs, a white stripe that runs up its neck and long pointed yellow bill. The bill turns blue during breeding season.The heron is one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A tri-colored heron stands sentry in the marshes around KSC. It has slate blue feathers on most of its body except for a white chest and belly and a rust-colored neck. It has long yellow legs, a white stripe that runs up its neck and long pointed yellow bill. The bill turns blue during breeding season.The heron is one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A tri-colored heron stands sentry in the marshes around KSC. It has slate blue...

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NASA image: Creative Photography, Wildlife - Pigs
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Jan 11, 2021

Creative Photography, Wildlife - Pigs

A wild pig crosses a roadway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds
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Jan 11, 2021

Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds

Several sandpipers wade in the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan....

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NASA image: Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds
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Jan 11, 2021

Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds

A pelican takes flight at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021. The center shares a border with...

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NASA image: Bald Eagle at KSC
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Mar 8, 2023

Bald Eagle at KSC

An American bald eagle soars through the sky at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 8, 2023. The eagle is part of a...

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NASA image: Creative Photography, Wildlife - Pigs
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Jan 11, 2021

Creative Photography, Wildlife - Pigs

A wild pig is spotted with its prey on a roadway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021. The...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5871
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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Brown pelicans take a dip in brackish water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida around...

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NASA image: Baby Eagle in New Nest at KSC
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Mar 8, 2023

Baby Eagle in New Nest at KSC

A baby American bald eagle spends time with one of its parents in a nest located near Kennedy Parkway North at...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5868
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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch Complex 39 is seen across brackish water as the sun rises at NASA's Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: Baby and Mom Gators at KSC
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Mar 9, 2023

Baby and Mom Gators at KSC

Two baby alligators are in view in a waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 9, 2023. The center...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5937
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Dec 22, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On a brisk morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, birds flock to warmer water in the...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5874
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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A wood stork eats breakfast while wading in brackish water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5873
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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A brown pelican searches for fish in brackish water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5872
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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A brown pelican searches for fish in brackish water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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NASA image: Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds
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Jan 11, 2021

Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds

Creating an artistic reflection, a Great Blue Heron skims its wings on a waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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NASA image: Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds
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Jan 11, 2021

Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds

A group of sandpipers wades in the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000...

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NASA image: Eagle with Moon
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Feb 8, 2023

Eagle with Moon

An American bald eagle is perched atop a pole near Kennedy Parkway North at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 8,...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5875
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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A wood stork eats breakfast while wading in brackish water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

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NASA image: Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds
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Jan 11, 2021

Creative Photography, Wildlife - Birds

A pelican soars above a waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021. The center shares a...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Three male and one female hooded mergansers swim in the quicksilver water of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. Usually found from Alaska and Canada south to Nebraska, Oregon and Tennessee, hooded mergansers winter south to Mexico and the Gulf Coast, including KSC. The open water of the refuge provides wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. The 92,000-acre refuge is also habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Three male and one female hooded mergansers swim in the quicksilver water of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. Usually found from Alaska and Canada south to Nebraska, Oregon and Tennessee, hooded mergansers winter south to Mexico and the Gulf Coast, including KSC. The open water of the refuge provides wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. The 92,000-acre refuge is also habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

NASA image: Bald Eagle at KSC
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Mar 8, 2023

Bald Eagle at KSC

An American bald eagle is perched in a tree near its nest at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 8, 2023. The eagle...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5870
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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Brown pelicans search for fish in brackish water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two roseate spoonbills hunt for their supper in the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the National Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two roseate spoonbills hunt for their supper in the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the National Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two roseate spoonbills hunt for their supper in the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer...

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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.
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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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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Three male and one female hooded mergansers swim in the quicksilver water of the...

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