The World from Space
49 photos
A small selection of the views of our planet from space taken over the last 60+ years
Rocket Launches
232 photos
NASA's Greatest Images
26 photos
Astronauts
505 photos
EVAs and Spacewalks
79 photos
An extravehicular activity (EVA), also known as a spacewalk, is any activity done by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft. The first American EVA occurred in June, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission....
Spacecraft Landings
115 photos
NACA
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Photographs of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) personnel from 1915 to 1958.
Moonwalks
55 photos
A extravehicular activity (EVA) conducted on the Moon is often called a 'moonwalk'. Walking on the moon was one of mankind’s greatest technological feats and NASA’s biggest success story. A total...
X-Series Aircraft and Lifting Bodies
86 photos
Deep Space Studies
63 photos
Extra Exposure
29 photos
Extended photographic exposure leading to artistically interesting shots on a variety of topics.
The Hubble Space Telescope
73 photos
The Hubble Space Telescope is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, the ultimate mountaintop. Above the distortion of the atmosphere, far far above rain clouds and light pollution,...
Mission Control
26 photos
Moments in NASA's history from the Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Pilots
38 photos
Aeronautical Research
65 photos
Rocket/Spacecraft Propulsion
81 photos
Women of NASA
79 photos
Since its inception in 1915 as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA has been staffed by brilliant people -- some of whom were strong, empowered women! Women of the NACA...
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific...
18 photos
Black History Month
32 photos
Hispanic Heritage Month
42 photos
Celebrating the contributions of the brilliant Hispanic women and men of NASA
VIPs and People at NASA/NACA
44 photos
Sun
23 photos
Earth
78 photos
Earth Science
107 photos
Earth's Moon
51 photos
Lunar Probes
26 photos
Mercury
10 photos
Venus
10 photos
Mars Probes
40 photos
Viking/Pathfinder/Sojourner
15 photos
Mars Global Surveyor
9 photos
Jupiter and its Moons
39 photos
Saturn
34 photos
Uranus
11 photos
Neptune and its Moons
11 photos
Asteroids and Comets
16 photos
Solar System Exploration
60 photos
Voyager and Galileo
65 photos
Space probes
116 photos
Space probes are sent on scientific space exploration mission in which the spacecraft leaves Earth and explores space. These Spacecraft that explore other worlds are robotic. They include orbiters,...
Simulators and Training (Air and Space)
95 photos
Artistically Interesting Images
55 photos
These artistically interesting images look like they could be holiday decorations, but they represent a wide range of scientific visualizations and actual NASA equipment that has served to enable...
Early Aerospace Pioneers
19 photos
Unique Aircraft
56 photos
Artemis I
3 photos
Artemis I, launched on November 16, 2022, was an uncrewed lunar flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
James Webb Space Telescope
5 photos
Launched to the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point on December 25, 2021, The James Webb Space Telescope’s sensitive instruments detect infrared radiation from our Solar System's planets, as well as...
Space Colony Artwork from the '70s
16 photos
NASA Ames and Stanford University conducted three space colony summer studies in the 1970s. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made and they have been scanned as high-quality .jpeg...
Computers and Robotics
18 photos
Launch Vehicles
91 photos
Mars Exploration
85 photos
Since NASA's first attempt at sending a flyby mission to Mars in 1964, the Red Planet has piqued our curiosity. Enjoy images from our past Mars missions and stay tuned for news of our latest rover,...
Spacesuits, Gear & Garb
70 photos
Just a few shots of spacesuits for Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), astronaut jumpsuits and informal space wear.
Mercury/Gemini Spacecraft
54 photos
Project Mercury
97 photos
The United States' first manned space flight project was successfully accomplished in a 4 2/3 year period of dynamic activity which saw more than 2,000,000 people from many major government agencies...
Mercury-Redstone 3
21 photos
The Gemini Program
109 photos
On May 25, 1961, three weeks after Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space, President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of...
Space Station Concepts
19 photos
Various designs, concepts, and ideas for space stations.
Saturn 1/1B
15 photos
The Saturn V
29 photos
The Saturn-V was an American rocket used for the Apollo and Skylab programs. NASA launched 13 Saturn Vs from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida with no loss of crew or payload. It remains the tallest,...
Command/Service Module
27 photos
Lunar Module
37 photos
Apollo 1
13 photos
Apollo 4
2 photos
Apollo 7
14 photos
Apollo 7 was the first manned mission of the Apollo program, and the first manned US space flight after a cabin fire killed the Apollo 1 crew. During this mission, the redesigned Block II Apollo...
Apollo 8
19 photos
Apollo 8, the second crewed mission of the Apollo program, was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth. Astronauts Frank Borman,...
Apollo 9
17 photos
Apollo 9, the third crewed mission of the Apollo program, featured the first flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM). Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott, and Rusty...
Apollo 10
23 photos
Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program. As an F type mission its purpose was to be a dress rehearsal for the Apollo 11 mission, testing all of the...
Apollo 11
97 photos
Apollo 11 was the Apollo program mission that landed the first humans on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to step onto the lunar surface....
Apollo 12
21 photos
Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight of the Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. Astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours...
Apollo 13
25 photos
The flight of Apollo 13 was one of the near disasters of the Apollo program. 56 hours into the flight, an oxygen tank in the Apollo service module ruptured and damaged several of the power,...
Apollo 14
12 photos
Apollo 14, crewed by Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, was the third Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Shepard and Mitchell made their lunar landing on February 5 in the...
Apollo 15
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Apollo 15 was the first of the longer, expedition-style lunar landing missions, the first to include the lunar rover, and the first not to land in a lunar mare. The extended duration of the stay on...
Apollo 16
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Apollo 16, crewed by astronauts John Young, Thomas Mattingly II, and Charles Duke, was the first Apollo mission to land in the lunar highlands. Young and Duke spent nearly three day on the surface...
Apollo 17
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Apollo 17 was the final mission of the United States' Apollo lunar landing program, and was the sixth landing of humans on the Moon. It was a "J-type mission," missions including three-day...
Skylab
51 photos
America's first space station, launched on May 14, 1973, was occupied by three crews between May 24, 1973 and February 1974, each for record-breaking durations. The Skylab program was NASA's first to...
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
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The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first international human spaceflight. On July 15, 1975, an Apollo spacecraft launched carrying a crew of three and docked two days later on July 17, with a...
Space Shuttle Enterprise
15 photos
Space Shuttle Columbia
97 photos
Space Shuttle Challenger
71 photos
Space Shuttle Atlantis
123 photos
Space Shuttle Discovery
168 photos
Space Shuttle Endeavour
115 photos
The Shuttle-Mir Program
25 photos
International Space Station
198 photos
Microgravity Research
11 photos
Communication Satellites
15 photos
Aircraft Propulsion
22 photos
The Lighter Side
14 photos
Living and working in space can be tremendously stressful. To stay healthy and well-balanced astronauts not only exercise vigorously but discover the potential for fun in the microgravity environment...
Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)
53 photos
A few photos of Neil Armstrong you've seen before, and a few you probably haven't.
Learn more about his life, read statements from his family and NASA, and share your own thoughts about him:...
NASA Management
21 photos
NASA Administrators
38 photos
NASA Deputy Administrators
19 photos
U.S. Presidents and NASA
54 photos
Building NASA
43 photos
Ground-breaking events and the construction of some of NASA's one-of-a-kind facilities
NACA Facilities and Research
108 photos
From its foundation in 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) erected state-of-the-art facilities to advance the development of aircraft. This album contains photos of early...
Wind Tunnels (Exterior)
26 photos
Wind Tunnels (Interior)
123 photos
Flight Research and Aircraft at Ames Research...
37 photos
Ames Research Center
87 photos
In the 1930s, Congress voted to authorize a new aircraft laboratory and the NACA selected Moffett Field, an underutilized Navy dirigible base at Mountain View, California, for its location....
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center
111 photos
Glenn Research Center
113 photos
The Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory was first funded in 1940. Early facilities included the Engine Research Building, a facility that housed a wide variety of laboratories to study virtually...
Langley Research Center
202 photos
The NACA broke ground for the first office building at its Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in July 1917, and the first wind tunnel began to be constructed in 1919. Langley grew substantially...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
11 photos
JPL built some of America’s early supersonic wind tunnels, all of which were designed to investigate the aerodynamics of flight at Mach 1 or greater, ultimately including hypervelocity entry into...
NASA's Johnson Space Center
34 photos
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
42 photos
After President Kennedy announced the goal of a moon landing, the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center was charged with designing the Saturn I and Saturn V launch vehicles that would accomplish the...
Plum Brook Station
85 photos
Plum Brook Station, now known as Neil Armstrong Test Facility, is located in Sandusky, Ohio, 50 miles west of the NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Stennis Space Center
26 photos
Center Directors
35 photos
NASA Center Namesakes
42 photos
The founders and figureheads of NASA's 10 field centers
Aerial Views
23 photos
Nuclear Propulsion, Power
1 photo
International
32 photos
NASA's Radiation Research
73 photos
NASA Art Program
25 photos
NASA ArtSpace
57 photos
NASA ArtSpace features creative works that serve to inform and inspire the process of exploration and discovery through the convergence of art, science, and technology.
This set presents a plethora...
Happy Moon Day!
21 photos
A collection of gems from the Apollo missions, including Apollo 11, in celebration of the first moonwalk 43 years ago.
First Planetary Images
18 photos
Before the 1960's, the closest anyone had come to seeing planets was through telescopes or with their naked eyes as faint objects in the night sky. As NASA's space program developed, we were able to...
National Aviation Day: Past, Present, Future
43 photos
Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871. In 1939 President Roosevelt designated the day as National Aviation Day.
Emblems of Exploration
8 photos
Logos of the NACA and NASA
Mercury Mission Patches
1 photo
Gemini Mission Patches
8 photos
Apollo Mission Patches
14 photos
Skylab Mission Patches
3 photos
Space Shuttle Mission Patches
135 photos
International Space Station Expedition Patches
48 photos
Pumpkin Suits
23 photos
Sometimes we like to call those bright orange suits (Advanced Crew Escape Suits, ACES) pumpkin suits. Happy Halloween!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Lift Off!
99 photos
Iconic spacecraft and aircraft taking flight
Thrust Vector Aircraft and Rotorcraft
16 photos
Pilotless Vehicles
3 photos
Pegasus
2 photos
Update
203 photos