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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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These four nebulae (star-forming clouds of gas and dust) are known for their breathtaking beauty: the Eagle Nebula...
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31 since it is the 31st object on Messier's list of diffuse sky objects, is the...
iss067e099531 (May 30, 2022) --- This long-duration photograph was taken from the International Space Station at an...
iss065e370839 (Sept. 10, 2021) --- From front to back, Russia's Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module...
iss062e081621 (March 4, 2020) --- The amber hue hovering just above the Earth's limb is the atmospheric glow with...
iss060e022358 (Aug. 4, 2019) --- The Milky Way lights up an orbital night pass as the International Space Station...
This artist's concept illustrates the ring of material discovered by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite around the...
This infrared snapshot of a region in the constellation Carina near the Milky Way was taken shortly after NASA...
iss060e002090 (June 29, 2019) --- The Earth's limb and the atmospheric glow highlight the thin blue atmosphere back...
iss071e587371 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- The Earth's airglow blankets the atmosphere with a wispy Milky Way in the...
iss064e055946 (April 8, 2021) --- This long exposure photograph was taken during an orbital night period from the...
iss060e006636 (July 11, 2019) --- Earth's atmospheric glow is back-dropped by a starry Milky Way as the...
iss071e611938 (Sept. 2, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick programmed a...
iss060e006040 (July 6, 2019) --- The International Space Station was orbiting 258 miles above the Bay of Bengal...
iss071e418742 (Aug. 6, 2024) --- The Large Magellanic Cloud (center) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (upper left),...
S66-45314 (19 July 1966) --- Ultraviolet spectra of stars in the region of the Southern Cross. These...
These images, taken by NASA black-hole hunter, NuSTAR, are the first, focused high-energy X-ray views of the area...
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have identified what may be the most luminous star known; a...
This image of the dwarf spiral galaxy NGC 247 was taken by Galaxy Evolution Explorer on October 13, 2003, in a...
In this 30 second exposure photograph, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid and Alpha...
This view of the gamma-ray sky constructed from one year of Fermi LAT observations is the best view of the extreme...
In archived NASA data, researchers have discovered "super spiral" galaxies that dwarf our own spiral galaxy, the...
The Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lies inside the Milky Way Galaxy and is located...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Installation of the Delta II payload fairing around NASA's Wide-field Infrared...