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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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Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space...
Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space...
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen in the final assembly building...
Vice President and Program Manager, Webb, Northrop Grumman, Scott Willoughby answers questions from the media during...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Program Scientist Eric Smith left, NASA James Webb Space Telescope Program Manager...
This image shows a part of the Cygnus loop supernova remnant, taken by the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) on...
The James Webb Space Telescope is one the most ambitious, and technically complex missions NASA has ever set its...
ESA (European Space Agency) Director-General Dr. Josef Aschbacher, left, NASA Associate Administrator for the...
Engineering teams celebrate at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore as the second primary mirror wing...
Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Engineer Kenny McKenzie monitors the progress of Webb’s second...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission team members monitor the progress of Webb’s second primary mirror wing...
Astronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning...
In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) at NASA Jet Propulsion...
This infrared photograph shows the uplink laser beacon for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)...
Astronomers smile while looking at data from SOFIA’s telescope.
Technicians introduce liquid nitrogen to an instrument linked to SOFIA’s telescope. Detection of infrared...
SOFIA’s 9-foot mirror is lowered into the cavity and attached to a structure sitting on a thin layer of oil for...
SCI2016_0006: Map of Cepheus E emphasizing the jets of material flowing to the upper left and lower right from the...
NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, left, and Centre National...
In this illustration, NASA's SPHEREx mission is highlighted among a line of other NASA space telescopes. The mission...
ESA (European Space Agency) Director-General Dr. Josef Aschbacher, 2nd from left, and NASA Associate Administrator...
This image composite compares visible-light and infrared views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of the glowing...
Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël, at desk, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate...