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.
Showing results for "Desert"
1,041 results found - Page 9 of 44
A major refurbishment of the giant Mars antenna at NASA Deep Space Network Goldstone Deep Space Communications...
Los Angeles may be the world entertainment capital, but it is a difficult place to locate television and radio...
NASA Terra spacecraft shows the Rub al Khali, one of the largest sand deserts in the world, encompassing most of the...
This topographic map acquired by NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM from data collected on February 16, 2000...
Lake Eyre is a large salt lake situated between two deserts in one of Australia driest regions. These four images...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a landscape that is pervasively eroded, right up to the tops...
AS06-02-1436 (4 April 1968) --- View of the mouth of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California in northwestern...
NASA’s Pilatus PC-12, based out of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, is seen flying over NASA’s Armstrong...
In July of 2005, a continent-sized cloud of hot air and dust originating from the Sahara Desert crossed the Atlantic...
In the Mojave Desert in California, students and engineers checkout the Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector...
In the Mojave Desert in California, students and engineers checkout the Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector...
In the Mojave Desert in California, students and engineers checkout the Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector...
iss071e230735 (June 27, 2024) --- Orange River is the border between South Africa and Namibia on the Atlantic coast...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - With the desert sky behind it, the Space Shuttle Columbia and 747_Shuttle Carrier...
ISS043E182401 (05/08/2015) --- A large portion of northern Africa is covered in desert sand as this image from the...
ISS040-E-011868 (14 June 2014) --- The dark waters of the Salton Sea stand out against neighboring cultivation and...
ISS042E243192 (02/11/2015) --- This huge Desert in northern Africa is an image tweeted by NASA astronaut Terry Virts...
ISS043E124378 (04/16/2015) --- NASA astronaut Terry Virts onboard the International Space Station Tweeted this deep...
An SUV-sized Asteroid 2008TC# Impacts on October 7, 2008 in the Nubian Desert, Northern Sudan: Dr. Peter Jenniskens,...
Altus II aircraft flying over southern California desert
Altus II aircraft flying over southern California desert
Altus II aircraft flying over southern California desert
STS077-732-089 (19-29 May 1996) --- This photograph encompasses an area comprising 99 percent of the Egyptian...
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet flies over the Mojave Desert during its third flight on Thursday, March 26, 2026,...