NASA Image Gallery

Spiral Galaxy Spans Space

This Jan. 10, 2013, composite image of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope with far-ultraviolet data from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and infrared data acquired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

2/3/2023

Astronauts' View of the Moon

The waxing gibbous Moon stands out in this Jan. 2, 2023, image from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above the southern Indian Ocean.

2/2/2023

Flora, Fauna at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

1/31/2023

Volcanic Plumes in Chile

Chile’s Villarrica volcano emits steam and other volcanic gases in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 17, 2023. The gases come from a series of minor explosions—called Strombolian eruptions—that have been ongoing at Villarrica since October 2022.

1/30/2023

Hubble Views a Stellar Duo in Orion Nebula

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

1/27/2023

Day of Remembrance

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial.

1/26/2023

President Reagan Calls for Space Station

On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build a permanent manned space station.

1/25/2023

Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley

"My big takeaway is: it's okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help." — Tiffany Fairley, Public Affairs Officer, Artemis Team Lead, NASA's Kennedy Space Center

1/24/2023

Astronaut Nicole Mann Makes Her First Spacewalk

Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk installing a modification kit on the International Space Station's starboard truss structure.

1/24/2023

Webb Unveils Dark Side

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud.

1/23/2023

Suiting Up for Their First Spacewalk

Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are pictured on Jan. 12, 2023, during a fit check of their spacesuits inside the Quest airlock ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system.

1/20/2023