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NASA's Image and Video Library: A Visual Archive of Space Exploration

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: NASA Johnson's Astromaterials Laboratory
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May 19, 2022

NASA Johnson's Astromaterials Laboratory

For more than 50 years, NASA astronauts and scientists have explored the Earth and sky, searching for ways to study...

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NASA image: Portrait of Jannatul Ferdous, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor -- jsc2023e048761
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Aug 4, 2023

Portrait of Jannatul Ferdous, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor -- jsc2023e048761

Portrait of Jannatul Ferdous, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration...

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NASA image: Portrait of Julia Plummer, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor -- jsc2023e048758
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Aug 4, 2023

Portrait of Julia Plummer, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor -- jsc2023e048758

Portrait of Julia Plummer, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration...

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NASA image: Portrait of Rachel Funk, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor -- jsc2023e048754
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Aug 4, 2023

Portrait of Rachel Funk, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor -- jsc2023e048754

Portrait of Rachel Funk, OSIRIS-REx astromaterials processor from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration...

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NASA image: jsc2025e008857 - OSIRIS-REx Research
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Feb 20, 2025

jsc2025e008857 - OSIRIS-REx Research

Ann Nguyen, co-lead author of a new paper that gives insights into the diverse origin of asteroid Bennu’s “parent”...

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NASA image: X-ray Computed Tomography of Astromaterials -- jsc2024e076997
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Nov 21, 2024

X-ray Computed Tomography of Astromaterials -- jsc2024e076997

jsc2024e076997 --- Scott Eckley, X-ray scientist within NASA Johnson Space Center’s Astromaterials Research and...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx Sample from Asteroid Bennu - jsc2024e023025
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Oct 20, 2023

OSIRIS-REx Sample from Asteroid Bennu - jsc2024e023025

A top-down view of one of the containers holding rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, with hardware scale marked in...

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NASA image: Surprisingly STEM: Moon Rock Processors @ NASA Johnson
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Jan 23, 2023

Surprisingly STEM: Moon Rock Processors @ NASA Johnson

Want to meet a “rock” star? How about two? Andrea Mosie and Juliane Gross work in the Astromaterials lab at NASA’s...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample in Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head - jsc2024e006057
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Jan 17, 2024

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample in Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head - jsc2024e006057

A top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed,...

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NASA image: VP Pence visits Johnson Space Center
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Aug 23, 2018

VP Pence visits Johnson Space Center

Acting director of the Exploration Integration and Science Directorate and Chief Scientist at NASA's Johnson Space...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Pour
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Feb 15, 2024

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Pour

Curation team members from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division at NASA’s Johnson...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx sample canister with lid open
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Sep 26, 2023

OSIRIS-REx sample canister with lid open

A view of the OSIRIS-REx sample canister with the lid removed, revealing the Touch and Go Sample Acquisition...

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NASA image: jsc2024e011323 - Astromaterials processor Mari Montoya shows a hand heart while working in the OSIRIS-REx canister glovebox at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Montoya was sweeping asteroid material on the avionics deck of the OSIRIS-REx canister
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Sep 27, 2023

jsc2024e011323 - Astromaterials processor Mari Montoya shows a hand heart while working in the OSIRIS-REx canister glovebox at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Montoya was sweeping asteroid material on the avionics deck of the OSIRIS-REx canister

Astromaterials processor Mari Montoya shows a hand heart while working in the OSIRIS-REx canister glovebox at NASA’s...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx curators - jsc2023e048808
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Aug 4, 2023

OSIRIS-REx curators - jsc2023e048808

OSIRIS-REx curator Nicole Lunning, left, and deputy curator Christopher Snead stand inside the OSIRIS-REx cleanroom...

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NASA image: OSIRIS Rex curation team pouring the sample from the TAGSAM head
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Jan 19, 2024

OSIRIS Rex curation team pouring the sample from the TAGSAM head

jsc2024e008542 - Curation team members from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division at...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx - Sample Collection jsc2023e058643
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Sep 27, 2023

OSIRIS-REx - Sample Collection jsc2023e058643

Astromaterials processors Mari Montoya, left, and Curtis Calva, right, use tools to collect asteroid particles from...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx - Flipping the TAGSAM jsc2023e058644
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Oct 4, 2023

OSIRIS-REx - Flipping the TAGSAM jsc2023e058644

Astromaterials processor Mari Montoya and OSIRIS-REx curation team members set the TAGSAM (Touch and Go Sample...

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NASA image: jsc2025e069611 - OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Bennu Research
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Aug 21, 2025

jsc2025e069611 - OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Bennu Research

A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material....

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NASA image: jsc2021e062383
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Nov 30, 2021

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Scientists in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center...

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NASA image: Portrait of Nicole Lunning, OSIRIS-REx sample curator -- jsc2023e048789
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Aug 4, 2023

Portrait of Nicole Lunning, OSIRIS-REx sample curator -- jsc2023e048789

Portrait of Nicole Lunning, OSIRIS-REx sample curator within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx Sample Return
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Sep 24, 2023

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return

From left to right, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott Sandford, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis...

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NASA image: OSIRIS-REx Sample Return
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Sep 24, 2023

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return

From left to right, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin, University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal...

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NASA image: JETT 5 - jsc2024e036350
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May 17, 2024

JETT 5 - jsc2024e036350

Ben Feist, software engineer on the Extravehicular Activity Mission System Software (EMSS) team, uses the suite of...

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NASA image: NASA ScienceCasts: Station Science 101 - Monitoring Microbes for Astronaut Health
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Sep 5, 2024

NASA ScienceCasts: Station Science 101 - Monitoring Microbes for Astronaut Health

Protecting astronauts on the International Space Station from harmful pathogens is leading to groundbreaking...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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