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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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This image shows the star-studded center of the Milky Way towards the constellation of Sagittarius. The crowded...
These images, taken by NASA black-hole hunter, NuSTAR, are the first, focused high-energy X-ray views of the area...
This beautiful Hubble image reveals a young super star cluster known as Westerlund 1, only 15,000 light-years away...
This is an illustration of a supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 21 million suns, located in the middle of...
A major milestone for the James Webb Space Telescope, what astronomers could learn from a “mini” monster black hole,...
The Webb Telescope is closer to starting its mission of science, an historic look at the center of our galaxy, and...