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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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iss073e0982209 (Oct. 24, 2025) --- Comet Swan (C/2025 R2) appears above Earth’s yellow-green airglow just before an...
AS08-16-2596 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- View of Earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts during their lunar orbit...
STS066-208-025 (3-14 Nov. 1994) --- Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 meters, was...
STS062-58-025 (4-18 March) --- This photo shows the aurora australis or souther lights. The multi-hued shafts of...
ISS022-E-062673 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Though astronauts and cosmonauts often encounter striking scenes of Earth's limb,...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is raised above the payload bay (PLB) in low hover position during STS-31 checkout...
During STS-31, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is held in appendage deploy position by Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle...
AS11-44-6634 (21 July 1969) --- The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and...
AS11-44-6642 (21 July 1969) --- The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin...
This artist's concept shows the proposed Capture, Containment, and Return System, a NASA payload on the European...
This artist concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the separation of an Earth entry vehicle,...
NEOWISE, the asteroid-hunting portion of NASA WISE mission, illustrates the differences between orbits of a typical...
This NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows many channels on a scarp in the Hellas impact basin. On Earth we would...
Kepler data has increased by 20 percent and now totals 2,740 potential planets orbiting 2,036 stars; dramatic...
Kepler-20e is the first planet smaller than the Earth discovered to orbit a star other than the sun. A year on...
The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit in its post-servicing mission 3B configuration. An animation of the Hubble Space...
Langley engineers stack the forward, mid, and aft, or rear, segments of flight re-entry vehicle for Bernard Kutter’s...
During STS-56, the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN-201), a freeflying payload,...
STS064-83-099 (9-20 Sept. 1994) --- Multiple thunderstorm cells leading to Earth's atmosphere were photographed on...
AST-32-2691 (17-19 July 1975) --- The American Apollo spacecraft as seen in Earth orbit from the Soviet Soyuz...
S89-48714 (18 Oct 1989) --- This photograph was taken by the STS-34 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis and shows...
STS081-E-05436 (15 Jan. 1997) --- Soon after the astronauts docked the space shuttle Atlantis with Russia's Mir...
art002e014066 (April 6, 2026) – The Artemis II crew captures an image of a crescent Earth on their journey around...
Held in appendage deploy position by Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, remote manipulator system (RMS), the...