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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.
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 image release November 9, 2010 To view a video about this story go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5162413062...
Observation Date: 1 pointing on Dec 4, 2000 and 9 pointings between Nov 18 and Dec 5, 2008. Distance Estimate: About...
NASA image release November 9, 2010 To view a video about this story go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5162413062...
NASA image release Thursday, May 31, 2012 To view a video from this Hubble release go to:...
This composite image shows examples of galaxies similar to our Milky Way at various stages of construction over a...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky...
NASA image release January 23, 2013 Nearly 200 000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite...
NASA image release November 9, 2010 To view a video about this story go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5162413062...
Caption: Artist's view of night sky from a hypothetical planet within a young Milky Way-like galaxy 10 billion years...
Image release January 11, 2012 A new Hubble Space Telescope image centers on the 100-million-solar-mass black hole...