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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.

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NASA image: Advanced Plant Habitat - Packing and Planting Seeds
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Feb 15, 2017

Advanced Plant Habitat - Packing and Planting Seeds

Dr. Oscar Monje, (far right) a research scientist, packs a growing substrate called arcillite in the science...

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NASA image: Advanced Plant Habitat Flight Unit #1
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Jul 24, 2017

Advanced Plant Habitat Flight Unit #1

Inside a laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, LED plant...

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NASA image: Advanced Plant Habitat Flight Unit #1
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Jul 24, 2017

Advanced Plant Habitat Flight Unit #1

Inside a laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, LED plant...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-01
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Jul 23, 2018

Plant Habitat-01

iss056e097828 (July 23, 2018) --- Arabidopsis plants are pictured before being harvested inside the Plant Habitat-01...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat Facility in the JPM
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Nov 21, 2017

Plant Habitat Facility in the JPM

iss053e234714 (Nov. 21, 2017) --- Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) Facility in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat
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Mar 12, 2018

Plant Habitat

iss055e001961 (March 12, 2018) --- Astronaut Norishige Kanai, of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, holds dwarf...

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NASA image: Leaking Oil Invades Louisiana Wildlife Habitats
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Jun 2, 2010

Leaking Oil Invades Louisiana Wildlife Habitats

This image acquired on May 24, 2010 by NASA Terra spacecraft shows oil from the former Deepwater Horizon rig...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting
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Apr 8, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting

Inside the Space Life Sciences Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, researchers plant pepper seeds in a...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting
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Apr 8, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting

A researcher from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepares pepper seeds for planting inside science carriers...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting
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Apr 8, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting

A researcher from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepares pepper seeds for planting inside science carriers...

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Apr 8, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting

Inside the Space Life Sciences Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a researcher plants pepper seeds in...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting
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Apr 8, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting

A close-up photo of a pepper seed prepared by researchers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is shown before...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting
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Apr 8, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting

A researcher from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepares pepper seeds for planting inside science carriers...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-04 Debris Removal
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Sep 20, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 Debris Removal

iss065e398621 (Sept. 20, 2021) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Thomas...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-04 Debris Removal
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Sep 20, 2021

Plant Habitat-04 Debris Removal

iss065e398600 (Sept. 20, 2021) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Thomas...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat Facility Clean
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Mar 12, 2018

Plant Habitat Facility Clean

iss055e001919 (Mar. 12, 2018) --- Dwarf wheat plants in the Advanced Plant Habitat Facility, a facility to conduct...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-03
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Feb 7, 2022

Plant Habitat-03

jsc2022e072963 (2/7/2022) --- A view into NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) during...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-03
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Mar 17, 2022

Plant Habitat-03

jsc2022e072965 (3/17/2022) --- A view into NASA's Kennedy Space Center’s Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) during...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-03
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Mar 17, 2022

Plant Habitat-03

jsc2022e072962 (3/17/2022) --- The final harvest of the Arabidopsis plants is seen inside of NASA's Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: SUZANNE SPAULDING, DEPT. OF HOMELAND UNDERSECRETARY, RECEIVES DE
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Jun 8, 2016

SUZANNE SPAULDING, DEPT. OF HOMELAND UNDERSECRETARY, RECEIVES DE

SUZANNE SPAULDING AND STAFF ARE BRIEFED ABOUT DEEP SPACE HABITAT BY CHARLIE DISCHINGER

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC.  Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC.  Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat Facility Science Carrier #1 Installation
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Jun 8, 2018

Plant Habitat Facility Science Carrier #1 Installation

View during Plant Habitat Facility Science Carrier #1 installation. Plant Habitat is a fully automated facility that...

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NASA image: Plant Habitat-03B
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Jul 25, 2023

Plant Habitat-03B

iss069e036842 (July 25, 2023) -- Arabidopsis seedlings grow in Plant Habitat-03, an investigation aboard the...

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