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.
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NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer captured this colorful image of the reflection nebula IRAS 12116-6001. This...
This series of image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on Jan. 25, 2020, shows part of the California Nebula,...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured evidence of a solar storm's charged particles arriving at the Martian surface...
iss055e035971 (4/28/2018) --- Photo documentation of locations of where samples taken by the crew for the Divert...
iss055e027816 (4/21/2018) --- Photo documentation of locations of where samples taken by the crew for the Divert...
iss055e035989 (4/28/2018) --- Photo documentation of locations of where samples taken by the crew for the Divert...
iss055e035968 (4/28/2018) --- Photo documentation of locations of where samples taken by the crew for the Divert...
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the most violent stars in our galaxy, veiled in cosmic dust. For the...
This artist concept illustrates how a massive collision of objects perhaps as large as the planet Pluto smashed...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At SPACEHAB, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Commander Rick Husband works with an experiment...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At SPACEHAB, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Commander Rick Husband works with an experiment...
The specks in the sequence of images in this video were caused by charged particles from a solar storm hitting one...
In this composite image of the Omega Nebula, SOFIA detected the blue areas (20 microns) near the center, revealing...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission celebrates its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way...
James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) has both a camera and a spectrograph that sees light in...
Interview with Alan Stern, the New Horizons principal investigator. After New Horizons' launch aboard the Atlas V,...
Interview with Dr. Hal Weaver, project scientist for New Horizons. After New Horizons' launch aboard the Atlas V,...
Interview with Dr. Hal Weaver, project scientist for New Horizons. After New Horizons' launch aboard the Atlas V,...
Interview with Dr. Hal Weaver, project scientist for New Horizons. After New Horizons' launch aboard the Atlas V,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At SPACEHAB, Cape Canaveral, Fla., members of the STS-107 crew familiarize themselves...
Bruce Buckingham, NASA Launch Commentator, opens New Horizons launch-day coverage. After New Horizons' launch aboard...
Interview with David Kusnierkiewicz, mission systems engineer for New Horizons. After New Horizons' launch aboard...
Meet the people behind New Horizons launch. After New Horizons' launch aboard the Atlas V, the compact, 1,050-pound...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, from Israel, works on an experiment at...