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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 illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter. From its unique polar orbit, Juno will...
The collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and the fires that followed produced a noxious smoke...
This artist concept shows NASA CloudSat spacecraft and its Cloud Profiling Radar using microwave energy to observe...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a single plume of plasma, many...
A good-sized coronal hole came around to where it is just about facing Earth (May 16-18, 2018). Coronal holes are...
iss059e061932 (5/17/2019) --- Photo documentation onboard the International Space Station (ISS) of the ACE Modules...
As a liquefied metal solidifies, particles dispersed in the liquid are either pushed ahead of or engulfed by the...
At the end of 2018, the cosmic ray subsystem (CRS) aboard NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft provided evidence that Voyager...
This image of Jupiter was taken by the Cassini Imaging Science narrow angle camera through the blue filter (centered...
S66-44887 (1 Aug. 1966) --- Single panel from micrometeorite package showing classic hypervelocity impact by...
These are images of CGEL-2 samples taken during STS-95. They show binary colloidal suspensions that have formed...
jsc2026e034365 (April 28, 2026) --- The Laplace investigation studies two phenomena: the evolution and growth of...
S116-E-07663 (20 Dec. 2006) --- One of the STS-116 crewmembers onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery captured this...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Approximately 33 seconds after T-0 and liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia, several...
iss064e023935 (Jan. 14, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins sets up the...
jsc2025e064332 (7/22/2025) --- Critical growth velocity in dependence on the particle diameter for SiC and Si3N4...
This illustration shows how oxygen is generated at Europa as a result of interaction between the Jovian moon's icy...
Humans have long been shaping Earth’s landscape, but now scientists know we can shape our near-space environment as...
These graphs compare data from identical instruments onboard NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft as they each...
A fine spray of small, icy particles emanating from the warm, geologically unique province surrounding the south...
STS071-745-006 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- This view shows a ship track, probably in the northern Pacific Ocean, where...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University assist in leveling and orienting...
This illustration shows Jupiter surrounded by filaments of dark matter called "hairs," which are proposed in a study...
Arctic Ozone Expedition Stavanger Norway These clouds in the polar regions north of Stravanger, Norway are...