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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: KSC-97PC813
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May 14, 1997

KSC-97PC813

The Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) payload is prepared for hoisting and installation into the payload bay of...

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NASA image: KSC-97PC815
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May 14, 1997

KSC-97PC815

The Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) payload is lowered into the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter...

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NASA image: KSC-97PC814
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May 14, 1997

KSC-97PC814

The Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) payload is hoisted for installation into the payload bay of the Space...

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NASA image: Agency Photographers Capture NASA Marshall Campus with Drones
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Feb 28, 2025

Agency Photographers Capture NASA Marshall Campus with Drones

NASA photographers used drone photography to get a bird’s eye view of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in...

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NASA image: Vice President Pence Visits Marshall Space Flight Center
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Sep 25, 2017

Vice President Pence Visits Marshall Space Flight Center

Air Force Two lands with Vice President Mike Pence along with Congressman Robert Aderholt at the Redstone Army...

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NASA image: NASA CLPS Payload Aims to Probe the Moon
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Dec 18, 2024

NASA CLPS Payload Aims to Probe the Moon

A science instrument flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative...

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NASA image: NASA CLPS Payload Aims to Probe the Moon
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Dec 18, 2024

NASA CLPS Payload Aims to Probe the Moon

A science instrument flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative...

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NASA image: 2015 JSC Flight Director Class
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Nov 17, 2015

2015 JSC Flight Director Class

JSC FLIGHT DIRECTOR CLASS OF 2015 VISITS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PAYLOAD OPERATION INTEGRATION CENTER AT...

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NASA image: 1401411
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Oct 7, 2014

1401411

ASTRONAUT T.J. CREAMER OF ISS EXPEDITION 22 AND 23, GREETS DR. ELLEN OCHOA INSIDE THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION...

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NASA image: Microgravity
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Oct 21, 1998

Microgravity

The Glenn Research Center (GRC) Telescience Support Center (TSC) is a NASA telescience ground facility that provides...

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NASA image: 1401617
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Dec 11, 2014

1401617

RYAN MILLER, RIGHT, LEAD PAYLOAD PLANNING MANAGER FOR EXPEDITION 39/40 WITH THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION...

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NASA image: STS-29 Discovery, OV-103, crewmembers participate in IMAX camera training
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Nov 8, 1988

STS-29 Discovery, OV-103, crewmembers participate in IMAX camera training

S88-52476 (8 Nov 1988) --- John E. Blaha, STS-29 pilot, gets in some training on the operation of one of the...

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NASA image: KSC-01PP1008
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May 18, 2001

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, workers wait in the payload canister as an...

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NASA image: Chawla is photographed at the aft flight deck station controlling the RMS
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Nov 20, 1997

Chawla is photographed at the aft flight deck station controlling the RMS

STS087-357-019 (19 November - 5 December 1997) --- Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist, operates Columbia's...

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NASA image: Expedition 54 plaque hanging ceremony
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Apr 26, 2018

Expedition 54 plaque hanging ceremony

NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei Acaba visited Marshall April 11 for their honorary Expedition 54 plaque...

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NASA image: Davis combs her hair
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Aug 28, 1997

Davis combs her hair

STS085-327-011 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut N. Jan Davis spends a moment of her off-duty time aboard the Space...

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NASA image: OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE (OSS)-1 PAYLOAD - KSC
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Oct 29, 1981

OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE (OSS)-1 PAYLOAD - KSC

Views OSS-1 Payload Pallet, vehicle changing and potential experiment being checked out by technicians after its...

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NASA image: NASA’s Lunar Vacuum Operates on the Moon
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Mar 6, 2025

NASA’s Lunar Vacuum Operates on the Moon

A technology demonstration instrument aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has operated on the Moon as...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Greeted by cheers from wellwishers at KSC and eager for their ventur into space on the Microgrvity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission, the STS-83 astronauts depart the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Launch Pad 39A. Leading the seven-member crew is Mission Commander James D. Halsell Jr. Behind Halsell and to his right is Pilot Susan L. Still. Behind Still is Payload Commander Janice Voss, with Mission Specialist Donald A. Thomas to her left. Behind Thomas, in order, are Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the scheduled 16-day STS-83 mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard is the Hitchhiker Cryogenic Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which is attched to the right side of Columbia's payload bay.
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Apr 4, 1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Greeted by cheers from wellwishers at KSC and eager for their ventur into space on the Microgrvity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission, the STS-83 astronauts depart the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Launch Pad 39A. Leading the seven-member crew is Mission Commander James D. Halsell Jr. Behind Halsell and to his right is Pilot Susan L. Still. Behind Still is Payload Commander Janice Voss, with Mission Specialist Donald A. Thomas to her left. Behind Thomas, in order, are Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the scheduled 16-day STS-83 mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard is the Hitchhiker Cryogenic Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which is attched to the right side of Columbia's payload bay.

NASA image: Nanoracks Airlock
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Oct 6, 2020

Nanoracks Airlock

jsc2020e044492 (10/6/2020) —- A preflight view of the Nanoracks Airlock. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock (Nanoracks...

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NASA image: Nanoracks Airlock
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Oct 1, 2020

Nanoracks Airlock

jsc2020e044494 (10/1/2020) --- A preflight view of the Nanoracks Airlock. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock (Nanoracks...

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NASA image: Nanoracks Airlock
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Oct 5, 2020

Nanoracks Airlock

jsc2020e044491 (10/5/2020) —- A preflight view of the Nanoracks Airlock. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock (Nanoracks...

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NASA image: Astrobotic's Lander Encapsulation
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Nov 21, 2023

Astrobotic's Lander Encapsulation

Ahead of launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar...

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NASA image: Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
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Nov 29, 2018

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announces the nine U.S. companies that are eligible to bid on NASA delivery...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Greeted by cheers from wellwishers at KSC and eager for their ventur into space on the...

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