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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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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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NASA image: Handle-shaped Prominence
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Feb 17, 2001

Handle-shaped Prominence

NASA Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope aboard ESA’s SOHO spacecraft took this image of a huge, handle-shaped...

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NASA image: Astronaut Nick Hague handles combustion research hardware
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Jan 23, 2025

Astronaut Nick Hague handles combustion research hardware

iss072e519705 (Jan. 23, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague handles research...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

A Space Launch System (SLS) avionics handling tool demonstration takes place inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

NASA Flight Systems Engineer Sherild Rivera Melendez takes notes during the Space Launch System avionics handling...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

Robert Cook, a launch vehicle engineer with Millennium Engineering and Integration, talks during the Space Launch...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

A Space Launch System (SLS) avionics handling tool demonstration takes place inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

Christopher Di Taranto, a member of the mechanical structures engineering team on the Jacobs Test and Operations...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

A Space Launch System (SLS) avionics handling tool demonstration takes place inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

A Space Launch System (SLS) avionics handling tool demonstration takes place inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle...

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NASA image: SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo
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Apr 4, 2019

SLS Avionics Handling Tool Demo

A Space Launch System (SLS) avionics handling tool demonstration takes place inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle...

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NASA image: STS-35 MS Hoffman & Pilot Gardner "commute" to work on the middeck of OV-102
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Dec 10, 1990

STS-35 MS Hoffman & Pilot Gardner "commute" to work on the middeck of OV-102

STS035-10-005 (2-10 Dec 1990) --- STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Jeffrey A. Hoffman (front) and Pilot Guy S....

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NASA image: STS-26 Discovery, OV-103, SSME (2019) installed in position number one at KSC
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Jan 10, 1988

STS-26 Discovery, OV-103, SSME (2019) installed in position number one at KSC

S88-29076 (10 Jan 1988) --- KSC employees work together to carefully guide a 7,000 pound main engine into the number...

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NASA image: BRIC-12,Mission Specialist Tognini handles the GN2 freezer.
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Jul 24, 1999

BRIC-12,Mission Specialist Tognini handles the GN2 freezer.

S93-E-5009 (22-27 July 1999) --- Astronaut Michel Tognini, mission specialist, is photographed on the mid deck of...

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NASA image: Eyes on Curiosity Rover Driving
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Sep 13, 2010

Eyes on Curiosity Rover Driving

Test operators monitor how NASA Mars rover Curiosity handles driving over a ramp during a test on Sept. 10, 2010,...

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NASA image: Curiosity Rocknest Workplace
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Dec 3, 2012

Curiosity Rocknest Workplace

This mosaic from NASA Mars rover, Curiosity, shows the first four of five places from which the rover scoop obtained...

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NASA image: Internal Chambers of CHIMRA
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Oct 4, 2012

Internal Chambers of CHIMRA

This cutaway view shows the internal chambers of the Collection and Handling for In-Situ Martian Rock Analysis...

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NASA image: Contrails over Lisbon, Portugal
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Sep 5, 2008

Contrails over Lisbon, Portugal

This image from NASA EarthKAM shows Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The superb natural harbor at Lisbon is a...

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NASA image: CHIMRA: Scoops, Sieves and Delivers Samples
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Oct 4, 2012

CHIMRA: Scoops, Sieves and Delivers Samples

This false-color engineering drawing shows the Collection and Handling for In-Situ Martian Rock Analysis CHIMRA...

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NASA image: NASA ER-2 Flies Geological Mapping Mission
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Aug 21, 2025

NASA ER-2 Flies Geological Mapping Mission

A crew member handles liquid nitrogen servicing for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft at...

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NASA image: NASA ready to send more plants and a new way to handle seeds to the International Space Station
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Jan 31, 2020

NASA ready to send more plants and a new way to handle seeds to the International Space Station

Sending people to the Moon and Mars requires understanding how to provide nutrition for astronauts who may be away...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, sets up a flight crew lockers for flash thermography.  He is screening the lockers for hidden damage underneath dings and dents that might occur during handling.
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Sep 4, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, sets up a flight crew lockers for flash thermography. He is screening the lockers for hidden damage underneath dings and dents that might occur during handling.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, sets up a flight crew...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, performs flash thermography on flight crew lockers.  He is screening the lockers for hidden damage underneath dings and dents that might occur during handling.
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Sep 4, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, performs flash thermography on flight crew lockers. He is screening the lockers for hidden damage underneath dings and dents that might occur during handling.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, performs flash...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, examines flight crew lockers using flash thermography.  He is screening the lockers for hidden damage underneath dings and dents that might occur during handling.
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Sep 4, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, examines flight crew lockers using flash thermography. He is screening the lockers for hidden damage underneath dings and dents that might occur during handling.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Jim Landy, NDE specialist, examines flight crew...

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NASA image: STS-27 Atlantis, OV-104, ET/SRB mating operations at KSC VAB
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Nov 16, 1988

STS-27 Atlantis, OV-104, ET/SRB mating operations at KSC VAB

STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is suspended via overhead crane, attached at four points, in the Kennedy...

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