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 "permanently shadowed region"
73 results found - Page 1 of 4
As you watch the Moon over the course of a month, you'll notice that different features are illuminated by the Sun...
Peering into the Moon's permanently shadowed regions, Lunar Trailblazer will detect signatures of water ice in...
Lunar mosaic of ~1500 Clementine images of the north polar region of the moon. The projection is orthographic...
Lunar mosaic of ~1500 Clementine images of the south polar region of the moon. The projection is orthographic,...
Silent animations of the VIPER rover for use by the media and others. About the size of a golf cart, the Volatiles...
Since the 1960’s, scientists have suspected that frozen water could survive in cold, dark craters at the Moon’s...
This view from NASA MESSENGER spacecraft is an orthographic projection of Mercury south polar region, colored by an...
This view shows Mercury's north polar region, colored by the maximum biannual surface temperature, which ranges from...
On October 9, 2019, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, LCROSS project manager Daniel...
NASA is sending a mobile robot to the south pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and...
NASA image release September 7, 2011 The Earth's moon has been an endless source of fascination for humanity for...
This image captures the day-night boundary, or terminator, in the north polar region of Ceres. The north pole...
STS077-715-037 (19-29 May 1996) --- According to NASA scientists, Ruapehu, on New Zealand?s North Island, is one of...
Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered...
Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians prepare the solar array panel...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians prepare the solar array panel...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., an overhead crane lowers NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance...
"What’s Behind This Door?" takes you behind the doors of various facilities located at NASA's Johnson Space Center...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians prepare the Lunar...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the installation of a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians prepare the solar array panel...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla., a crane moves NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance...