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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Project Mercury: With Project Mercury, the United States gained its first experience in conducting human space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers secure the Phoenix Mars Lander...
Steam and smoke from Arianespace's Ariane 5 Vulcain engine, center, and two solid rocket boosters, is seen as it...
Senior Systems Engineer, Webb, Northrop Grumman, Nanci Shawger answers questions from the media during a briefing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA's Phoenix Mars lander lifts off from Pad 17A aboard a Delta II 7925 rocket at Cape...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson talks to the agency’s workforce during his first State of NASA event Wednesday, June...
(9 March 2014) --- In Karaganda, Kazakhstan, members of the Russian Search and Recovery Forces lay flowers March 9...
SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS OFFER THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE NATION’S BIRTHDAY Aboard the International Space Station,...
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from...
NASA's SPHEREx observatory is oriented in a horizontal position, revealing all three layers of photon shields as...
Understanding both the spatial and temporal distribution of hydrated (water-bearing) minerals on Mars is essential...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson answers a reporter’s question during a media gaggle, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at NASA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Crowds along the NASA Causeway are excited as Space Shuttle Discovery makes a perfect...
Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Alondra Nelson, left, Vice President...
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, and...
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen ahead of rollout to the launch...
Dr. Valerie Neal, curator for the shuttle program in the Space History office at the National Air and Space Museum,...
(9 March 2014) --- In Karaganda, Kazakhstan, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy (left) and Peggy Whitson (right) were...
Murals showing the history of Russian spaceflight are seen on the outside walls of the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday,...
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad,...
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano attends a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Expedition 3 crew show thumbs up on the verge of their departure from KSC to...
CREW DRAGON ASTRONAUT DISCUSSES LIFE IN SPACE WITH JAPANESE REPORTERS Aboard the International Space Station,...
Helicopters depart the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft landing site with NASA astronaut Christina Koch, ESA astronaut Luca...