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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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Global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from Oct. 1 through Nov. 11, as recorded by NASA Orbiting Carbon...
This image shows a composite view of the Crab nebula, an iconic supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy, as viewed...
NASA Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory STEREO satellites have provided the first three-dimensional images of...
A mass of plasma gathered itself into a twisting mass, spun around for a bit, then rose up and broke apart over a...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) scientists use their computer models to generate a view of the sun's...
Aerosol data from the High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO), pictured here, will give mission scientists a better...
IMAP - Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and Space Weather Follow On - Lagrange 1 Arrival
Director of the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Planetary Science Division, Dr. Lori Glaze, left, accepts the...
From left to right, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy, Dr. Kathryn...
Artist rendering of NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory OCO-2, one of five new NASA Earth science missions set to...
The Herschel Space Observatory has uncovered a weird ring of dusty material while obtaining one of the sharpest...
The dark region seen on the face of the sun at the end of March 2013 is a coronal hole just above and to the right...
The Delta II second stage for NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission, or OCO-2, is lifted to the top of the...
This new view of the Cygnus-X star-formation region by ESA Herschel Space Observatory highlights chaotic networks of...
Researchers using NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA have captured infrared images of the...
W44 is located around 10,000 light-years away, within a forest of dense star-forming clouds in the constellation of...
The images indicate that the bubble of gas that makes up the supernova remnant appears different in various types of...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes two relatively small prominences above the Sun's surface twisted...
This spectacular Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A is the most detailed...
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) has made a sturning, high-energy panorama of the central regions of our Milky...
Vern Thorp, United Launch Alliance program manager, NASA missions, discusses the launch of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon...
Mike Gunson, OCO-2 project scientist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, discusses...
Mike Gunson, OCO-2 project scientist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, listens to...
Mike Gunson, OCO-2 project scientist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, discusses...