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 "detectors"
633 results found - Page 1 of 27
The BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole used a specialized array of superconducting detectors to capture polarized...
Shown here is a prototype of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, ground receiver detector built by the...
This image shows one of the NASA detectors from the BICEP2 project, developed in collaboration with the NSF. The...
Shown here is an identical copy of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, superconducting nanowire...
The Bonner Ball Neutron Detector measures neutron radiation. Neutrons are uncharged atomic particles that have the...
This close-up photograph shows a single Performance-Enhanced Array for Counting Optical Quanta (PEACOQ) detector....
This image shows an array of the 512 superconducting detectors used on the BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole. The...
The Radiation Assessment Detector, shown prior to its September 2010 installation onto NASA Mars rover Curiosity,...
Spacewalkers work on a cosmic particle detector, more potential partners to transport payloads to the Moon, and a...
ISS034-E-034506 (25 Jan. 2013) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 flight engineer,...
ISS030-E-177101 (12 March 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer,...
An engineer inspects the surface of four mid-wavelength infrared science detectors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object...
Four mid-wavelength infrared science detectors for NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission are shown here on...
The Phantom Torso is a tissue-muscle plastic anatomical model of a torso and head. It contains over 350 radiation...
iss050e035315 (1/26/2017) --- A view of the Wireless Leak Detector Ultrasonic Sensor aboard the International Space...
iss050e035313 (1/26/2017) --- A view of the Wireless Leak Detector Ultrasonic Sensor aboard the International Space...
iss050e035314 (1/26/2017) --- A view of the Wireless Leak Detector Ultrasonic Sensor aboard the International Space...
iss050e035316 (1/26/2017) --- A view of the Wireless Leak Detector Ultrasonic Sensor aboard the International Space...
ISS002-E-5714 (23 March 2001) --- Astronaut James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer, sets up the Bonner Ball...
This image shows a model of one of three detectors for the Mid-Infrared Instrument on NASA James Webb Space Telescope.
This charged couple device CCD is part of the CheMin instrument on NASA Curiosity rover. When CheMin directs X-rays...
This image of NASA Curiosity rover shows the location of the two components of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons...
This graphic shows the variation of radiation dose measured by the Radiation Assessment Detector on NASA Curiosity...
Landsat collects images in long narrow strips called “swaths.” Each swath is 185 kilometers (115 miles) wide and is...