Explore NASA's vast collection of space images, videos, and audio from missions past and present.
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.
Showing results for "Catalina"
23 results found
NASA NEOWISE spotted Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, appearing to be a highly active comet one day past perihelion on...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina first looked like an asteroid when NASA NEOWISE team first observed it on December 31,...
S74-17688 (11 Jan. 1974) --- This color photograph of the comet Kohoutek was taken by members of the lunar and...
These are the discovery observations of asteroid 2018 LA from the Catalina Sky Survey, taken June 2, 2018. About...
This frame from a sequence of four images taken during one night of observation by NASA's Catalina Sky Survey near...
iss070e103326 (Feb. 28, 2024) --- The nightime lights of the Los Angeles, California, urban area were photographed...
AS09-22-3436 (March 1969) --- Los Angeles-Long Beach area of southern California, as photographed from the Apollo 9...
ISS029-E-042846 (16 Nov. 2011) --- Parts of the U.S. and Mexico are seen in this image photographed by one of the...
This view of southern California as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 18th revolution of the earth....
ISS009-E-10382 (7 June 2004) --- Tucson, Arizona is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 9...
High-resolution ocean surface wind data from NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) illustrate the strength of Santa...
This series of seven radar observations by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar shows the asteroid...
The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here under tow, high above Rogers Dry Lake near the Flight Research Center (later...
This series of radar images obtained by the Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Aug. 18, 2024,...
This collage represents a selection of planetary radar observations of asteroid 2008 OS7 that were made the day...
This photo shows the cockpit configuration of the M2-F1 wingless lifting body. With a top speed of about 120 knots,...
The M2-F1 was fitted with an ejection seat before the airtow flights began. The project selected the seat used in...
After the grounding of the M2-F1 in 1966, it was kept in outside storage on the Dryden complex. After several years,...
NASA Flight Research Pilot Milt Thompson, shown here on the lakebed with the M2-F1 lifting body, was an early backer...
Following the first M2-F1 airtow flight on 16 August 1963, the Flight Research Center used the vehicle for both...
After initial ground-tow flights of the M2-F1 using the Pontiac as a tow vehicle, the way was clear to make air tows...
The M2-F1 Lifting Body is seen here under tow by an unseen C-47 at the NASA Flight Research Center (later...
In this photo of the M2-F1 lifting body and the Paresev 1B on the ramp, the viewer sees two vehicles representing...