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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape...
This image shows NASA Dawn spacecraft flying above Vesta, based on an artist concept of the surface of the giant...
This false-color image shows paper-thin layers of light-toned, jagged-edged rocks; a light gray rock with smooth,...
This high-contrast, colorized mosaic from NASA Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit...
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.
NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) collected this hyperspectral image of the Amazon River...
In the Orbiter Processing Facility, the nose cap (foreground) removed from Atlantis (behind) waits to be shipped to...
A virtual tour of the JSC The Materials Evaluation Laboratory, or MEL, that consists of several laboratories...
jsc2025e064333 (5/31/2024) --- Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image graphs and elemental mappings of the samples...
iss066e110531_alt (1/10/2022) --- NASA astronaut Kayla Barron sets up the Mochii microscope. Mochii is a miniature...
jsc2021e007964 (9/30/2020) --- Post-integration solar array characterization testing. The Ionosphere Thermosphere...
The SHERLOC instrument is located at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars 2020 rover. SHERLOC (short for...
iss066e110547 (1/10/2022) --- A view of the Mochii microscope sample load aboard the International Space Station...
This calibration target for Mars 2020's Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics &...
iss066e110556 (1/10/2022) --- NASA astronaut Kayla Barron sets up the Mochii microscope. Mochii is a miniature...
jsc2021e007962 (6/26/2020) --- A CAD rendering of the Ionosphere Thermosphere Scanning Photometer for Ion-Neutral...
iss066e110566 (1/10/2022) --- NASA astronaut Kayla Barron sets up the Mochii microscope. Mochii is a miniature...
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material....
iss065e069159 (May 25, 2021) --- Expedition 65 Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
jsc2021e007965 (9/28/2020) --- The IT-SPINS 3U CubeSat showing the CTIP instrument aperture at long end. The...
iss066e110545 (1/10/2022) --- A view of the Mochii microscope aboard the International Space Station (ISS. Mochii is...
jsc2024e016239 (12/6/2023) --- The multi-resolution scanner (MRS) ready for testing and certification at NASA’s Ames...
ProVision Technologies, a NASA research partnership center at Sternis Space Center in Mississippi, has developed a...