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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.
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Clues to the formation of planets and planetary rings -- like Saturn's dazzling ring system -- may be found by...
This focus-merge image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager MAHLI on the arm of NASA Mars rover Curiosity shows a rock...
NASA's InSight lander tried a novel approach to remove dust clinging to one of its solar panels. On May 22, 2021,...
This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows Lycus Sulci, a region of ridges and hills located north-northwest of the volcano...
We have been monitoring the slope streaks on this hill for several years. There are definitive changes between this...
John Marshall, an investigator at Ames Research Center and a principal investigator in the microgravity fluid...
This is the first photograph ever taken on the surface of the planet Mars. It was obtained by Viking 1 just minutes...
NASA's Viking 1 took this high-resolution picture today, its third day on Mars. Distance from the camera to the...
This whole area, located in Solis Planum, is an interesting, tectonic terrain south of Noctis Labrynthus which...
Enjoy a moment of Zen with this fly-through of the Orion Nebula, based on images captured by NASA and ESA (European...
Changes on the Martian surface are detected by imaging the same area more than once. In this image acquired on May...
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this region of Mars, sprayed with secondary craters from...
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter (MRO) shows one possible place where sand grains are being...
Dust devils form by rising and rotating warm air pockets. Air near the soil surface can become heated by contact...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft nicely captures several influential geologic processes...
This new image of the Orion Nebula produced using previously released data from three telescopes shows two enormous...
iss057e074488 (11/7/2018) --- Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Prokopev, during the Plasma Krystall-4 (PK-4) Experiment....
This episode of NASA Science Live is broadcasting live from AGU in San Francisco. We have breaking news on our...
Images from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft were used to create this mosaic of nighttime infrared images of Gusev...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows several seemingly active gullies and their associated fans...
Dust storm in Alaska captured by Aqua/MODIS on Nov. 17, 2013 at 21:45 UTC. When glaciers grind against underlying...
The Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lies inside the Milky Way Galaxy and is located...
The Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Stardust spacecraft waits for launch at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air...
Inside the launch tower at Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers guide the Stardust spacecraft toward an...