Range : 76 million km. ( 47 million miles) P-22892C This, Voyager 1 i...
Range : 76 million km. ( 47 million miles) P-22892C This, Voyager 1 image shows Saturn and five of its satellites. Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is clearly seen in the upper right corner. The smaller satellite... More
P-34668 Range : 2.8 million km. ( 1.7 million miles ) Smallest Resolv...
P-34668 Range : 2.8 million km. ( 1.7 million miles ) Smallest Resolvable Feature : 50 km or 31 miles This Voyager 2 image shows the last face on view of the Great Dark Spot that Voyager 2 will take with the ... More
P-34630 Range: 10.5 million kilometers (6.5 million miles) This cylind...
P-34630 Range: 10.5 million kilometers (6.5 million miles) This cylindrical projection view of Neptune uses five narrow-angle images equally spaced around the planet. They were taken by Voyager 2 over the cours... More
Photo Artwork composite by JPL This depiction of comet Shoemaker-Levy ...
Photo Artwork composite by JPL This depiction of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacting Jupiter is shown from several perspectives. IMAGE C is shown from the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which may observe the event from its... More
This is a composite photo, assembled from separate images of Jupiter a...
This is a composite photo, assembled from separate images of Jupiter and Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 as imaged by the Wide Field & Planetary Camera-2 (WFPC-2), aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Jupiter ... More
Global View of Earth in the Near-Infrared
This near-infrared photograph of the Earth was taken by the Galileo spacecraft at 6:07 a.m. PST on Dec. 11, 1990, at a range of about 1.32 million miles. South America is prominent near the center. http://phot... More
Australia Viewed by NIMS - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
This multispectral map of Australia and surrounding seas was obtained by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer shortly after closest approach on Dec. 8, 1990 from an altitude of about 50,... More
Venus - 3-D Perspective View of Eistla Regio
A portion of western Eistla Regio is displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of the surface of Venus as seen by NASA Magellan spacecraft. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00233 NASA/JPL
Uranus Cloud Movement, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
These time-lapse images of Uranus. taken by NASA Voyager 2 on Jan. 14, 1986, show the movement of two small, bright, streaky clouds -- the first such features ever seen on the planet. http://photojournal.jpl.n... More
Jupiter - Io In Front of Jupiter Turbulent Clouds
This photograph of the southern hemisphere of Jupiter was obtained by NASA Voyager 2 on June 25, 1979. Seen in front of the turbulent clouds of the planet is Io, the innermost of the large Galilean satellites o... More
First Color Image From Viking Lander 1
First Color Image From Viking Lander 1 NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ice on Mars Utopia Planitia Again
Ice on Mars Utopia Planitia Again NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineers examine the interface surfa...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineers examine the interface surface on the Cassini spacecraft prior to installation of the third radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). The other two RTGs, at left, a... More
PIA01492, NASA Neptune Images, JPL/NASA images
This picture of Neptune was produced from the last whole planet images taken through the green and orange filters on NASA's Voyager 2 narrow angle camera. The images were taken at a range of 4.4 million miles f... More
Saturn Taken from Voyager 2. NASA public domain image colelction.
Saturn storms observed by NASA Voyager, Aug. 5, 2004. Voyager 1 and 2 observed radio signals from lightning which were interpreted as being from a persistent, low-latitude storm system. NASA/JPL
Space Radar Image of Glascow, Missouri
This is a false-color L-band image of an area near Glasgow, Missouri, centered at about 39.2 degrees north latitude and 92.8 degrees west longitude. The image was acquired using the L-band radar channel (horizo... More
Black Hole Simulation, JPL/NASA images
This graphic shows the computer simulation of a black hole from start to finish. Plasma is falling slowly toward the black hole in a (at the upper left). The plasma has a magnetic field, shown by the white line... More
Galaxy NGC 1512 - Hubble space telescope images
A rainbow of colors is captured in the center of a magnificent barred spiral galaxy, as witnessed by the three cameras of NASA Hubble Space Telescope. NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute
Galaxy NGC 3079 - Hubble space telescope images
A lumpy bubble of hot gas rises from a cauldron of glowing matter in a distant galaxy, as seen by NASA Hubble Space Telescope. NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute
Coma cluster of galaxies, JPL/NASA images
Atlas Image mosaic, covering 34 x 34 on the sky, of the Coma cluster, aka Abell 1656. This is a particularly rich cluster of individual galaxies over 1000 members, most prominently the two giant ellipticals, NG... More
Ant Nebula - Hubble space telescope images
This image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a celestial object called the Ant Nebula may shed new light on the future demise of our Sun. NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute
Saturn Approach - Full Disk, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
Saturn Approach - Full Disk NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shamshu Mons and Patera, Io - Drawing. Public domain image.
Shamshu Mons and Patera, Io NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Margin of Lava Flow in Daedalia Planum
Margin of Lava Flow in Daedalia Planum NASA/JPL/MSSS Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Evidence for Recent Liquid Water on Mars: Basic Features of Martian Gu...
Evidence for Recent Liquid Water on Mars: Basic Features of Martian Gullies NASA/JPL/MSSS
Still From Odyssey Clip 3. NASA public domain image colelction.
This image is a single frame from a computer animation, which begins with a global view of the planet Mars compiled with images from NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft. NASA/JPL
Closed Small Cell Clouds in the South Pacific
The structure of tightly packed closed cells in a layer of marine stratocumulus over the southeastern Pacific Ocean are highlighted in these views from NASA Terra satellite. NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team
Russell Dune Gullies, NASA Mars Images
Russell Dune Gullies NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
JPL Testbed Image of Inflated Airbags
Airbags are fully inflated in this photograph taken at the JPL In-Situ Instrument Laboratory or Testbed, where engineers simulated the orientation of the airbags during the deflation process. NASA/JPL
Approach to Saturn - NASA Saturn images
The narrow angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft took a series of exposures of Saturn and its rings and moons on February 9, 2004, which were composited to create this stunning, color image. At the tim... More
Hills on the Horizon - Mars exploration rover images
Hills on the Horizon NASA/JPL/Cornell Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Three Great Eyes on Kepler Supernova Remnant
NASA's three Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, the SpitzerSpace Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory -- joined forces to probe theexpanding remains of a supernova, called Kepler's super... More
Bright Moon in Darkness - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Bright Moon in Darkness NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Blue Cranium - NASA Saturn images
Saturn Blue Cranium NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seasonal Changes in Earth Surface Albedo
Seasonal changes in Earth surface albedo over a 5-year period are seen in these image summary maps from NASA Terra spacecraft. NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team
Selected Measurements of Total Arctic Column Ozone Amounts from Aura O...
Images from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument onboard NASA Aura spacecraft shows the average total column ozone during the months of January and March, and the total column ozone on the single day of 11 March, 20... More
Gullied Crater Wall, NASA Mars Images
Gullied Crater Wall NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars at Ls 357°: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum
Mars at Ls 357°: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Eyes in the Sky, JPL/NASA images
NASA Hubble and Spitzer telescopes combined to make these shape-shifting galaxies taking on the form of a giant mask. The icy blue eyes are actually the cores of two merging galaxies, called NGC 2207 and IC 216... More
Saturn Aslant - NASA Saturn images
This oblique view of Saturn shows what may be localized upwellings in the clouds of Saturn southern hemisphere. Although the contrast is low, a vortex is visible near lower right.This view looks toward the unli... More
Ganesa Macula - NASA Titan images
This radar image of Titan shows Ganesa Macula, interpreted as a cryovolcano ice volcano, and its surroundings. Cryovolcanism is thought to have been an important process on Titan and may still be happening toda... More
The Seven Sisters Pose for Spitzer
The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades star cluster, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. Clouds of dust sweep around the stars, swaddling them in... More
Anatomy of a Shooting Star. NASA public domain image colelction.
A close-up view of a star racing through space faster than a speeding bullet can be seen in this image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer. The star is called Mira pronounced My-rah. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Dust in the Quasar Wind Artist Concept
Astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that such quasar winds might have forged these dusty particles in the very early universe. NASA/JPL-Caltech
The View from Iapetus - NASA Cassini Huygens images
While on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn moon Iapetus, NASA Cassini spacecraft spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Mercury Cratered Surface, NASA/JPL Mercury project images
During its flyby of Mercury, NASA MESSENGER spacecraft acquired high-resolution images of the planet surface. This image was obtained on January 14, 2008. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laborator... More
Vivid View of Tycho Supernova Remnant
This composite image of the Tycho supernova remnant combines infrared and X-ray observations obtained with NASA Spitzer and Chandra space observatories, respectively, MPIA/NASA/Calar Alto Observatory
Dawn Spacecraft Secured, JPL/NASA images
Workers secure the attachments of NASA Dawn spacecraft onto the upper stage booster. NASA/JPL
NASA Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle
This image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies are shown in this composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the ... More
WISE Captures the Unicorn Rose. NASA public domain image colelction.
Unicorns and roses are usually the stuff of fairy tales, but a new cosmic image taken by NASA WISE mission shows the Rosette nebula in the constellation Monoceros, or the Unicorn. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
In the Grip of the Scorpion Claw
Gripped in the claw of the constellation Scorpius sits the reflection nebula DG 129, a cloud of gas and dust that reflects light from nearby, bright stars. This infrared view of the nebula was captured by NASA ... More
Tiger Stripe Split Ends - NASA Cassini Huygens images
This image shows a high-resolution heat intensity map of part of the south polar region of Saturn moon Enceladus, made from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft. NASA/JPL/GSFC/SWRI/SSI
Mars Rover Curiosity in Artist Concept, Wide
This artist concept features NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Curiosity is being tested in preparation for l... More
NASA Salt - NASA satellite images - Public domain map
NASA Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity, or saltiness, of Earth ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission anticipated discoveries. NASA/GSFC/JPL-Caltech
Mercury Globe: North Pole, NASA/JPL Mercury project images
Mercury Globe: North Pole NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Mickey Mouse Spotted on Mercury!
Mickey Mouse Spotted on Mercury! NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Panoramic View From Rocknest Position of Curiosity Mars Rover
The image, which has been white-balanced to show what the rocks and soils in it would look like if they were on Earth, is a mosaic of images taken at a site called Rocknest while NASA Mars rover Curiosity was w... More
NGC 3627: Revealing Hidden Black Holes
The spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located about 30 million light years from Earth as seen by four NASA telescopes; inset shows the central region, which contains a bright X-ray source that is likely powered by materi... More
Cassini Spies Bright Venus from Saturn Orbit
Peering over the shoulder of giant Saturn, through its rings, and across interplanetary space, NASA Cassini spacecraft spies the bright, cloudy terrestrial planet, Venus. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
NEOCam Sensor, JPL/NASA images. NASA public domain image colelction.
The NEOCam chip is the first megapixel sensor capable of detecting infrared wavelengths at temperatures achievable in deep space without refrigerators or cryogens. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Teledyne
Kouru, French Guiana - NASA satellite images
This image from NASA Terra spacecraft shows the town of Kourou, which sits at the mouth of the Kourou River, French Guiana. NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
The Barred Sculptor Galaxy, JPL/NASA images
The spectacular swirling arms and central bar of the Sculptor galaxy are revealed in this new view from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Storm of Stars in the Trifid Nebula
Radiation and winds from massive stars have blown a cavity into the surrounding dust and gas, creating the Trifid nebula, as seen here in infrared light by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. NAS... More
The Sun Also Rises, JPL/NASA images
The Sun Also Rises NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
A Milky Way Mixer Amongst the Stars
This composite image comes from the ESA Planck shows a festive portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a mishmash of gas, charged particles and several types of dust. ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech
Artist Impression of Hot - NASA Jupiter images
This image shows an artist's impression of the 10 hot Jupiter exoplanets studied using the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. From top left to lower left, these planets are WASP-12b, WASP-6b, WASP-31b, WASP-3... More
Monstrous Cloud Boomerangs Back to Our Galaxy Artist Concept
This artist diagram shows the Smith Cloud as it arcs out of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, then returning like a boomerang. Hubble Telescope measurements that it came out of a region near the edge of the ga... More
Young Brown Dwarf in TW Hydrae Family of Stars Artist Concept
A young, free-floating world sits alone in space in this illustration. The object, called WISEA J114724.10-204021.3, is thought to be an exceptionally low-mass brown dwarf. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Secrets Revealed from Pluto Twilight Zone
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto only a few minutes after closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image was obtained at a high phase angle -- that is, with the sun on the other si... More
Furled Starshade Prototype, JPL/NASA images
A furled first prototype starshade developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shown in technology partner Astro Aerospace/Northrup Grumman's facility in Santa Barbara, California, in 2013. This design shows... More
Saturn, Approaching Northern Summer - NASA Saturn images
Since NASA's Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in mid-2004, the planet's appearance has changed greatly. The shifting angle of sunlight as the seasons march forward has illuminated the giant hexagon-shaped j... More
NASA AIRS Examines Hurricane Matthew Cloud Top Temperatures
At 11:29 p.m. PDT on Oct. 6 (2:29 a.m. EDT on Oct. 7), NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite produced this false-color infrared image of Matthew as the storm moved up Fl... More
First JATO assisted Flight, NASA history collection
Full Description: Take-off of America's first "rocket-assisted" airplane, an Ercoupe fitted with a GALCIT developed solid propellent 28 pound thrust JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) booster. The Ercoupe took off fr... More
Theodore von Karman, NASA history collection
Full Description: (c. 1950)Dr. Theodore von Karman, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Pasadena, California was an aeronautical theoretician. He was the first winner of the prestigious U.S. Medal... More
Iron-Nickel Meteorite from Texas with Triangle-Pattern Texture
This iron-nickel meteorite found near Fort Stockton, Texas, in 1952 shows a surface texture similar to some portions of the surface of an iron-nickel meteorite that NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found... More
Densely Cratered Region - Mercury Mariner 10 Image
One of NASA Mariner 10 two TV cameras took this picture of a densely cratered region of Mercury on Sept. 21, 1974, 80 minutes prior to the spacecraft second close encounter with the planet. NASA/JPL/Northweste... More
Artwork: JPL Viking Spacecraft to explore planet Mars ARC-1977-AC77-11...
Artwork: JPL Viking Spacecraft to explore planet Mars Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Range : 12 million km. ( 7.56 million miles) P-23057C & BW This Voyag...
Range : 12 million km. ( 7.56 million miles) P-23057C & BW This Voyager 1 photograph of Titan, the largest of Saturn's 14 known satellites, shows little more than the upper layers of clouds covering the moon. ... More
Artist: Ken Hodges Pioneer Galileo Probe descending into Jupiter's Atm...
Artist: Ken Hodges Pioneer Galileo Probe descending into Jupiter's Atmosphere with parachute deployed, heat shield separation, while orbiter collects data from above (from JPL files - no reference nunber available)
Global Color Mosaic of Triton. NASA public domain image colelction.
Global color mosaic of Triton, taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system. Color was synthesized by combining high- resolution images taken through orange, violet, and ultraviolet filters... More
Magellan 3D view of Venus impact craters
Three impact craters in three-dimensional perspective located approximately 27 degrees south latitude, 339 degrees east longitude in the northwestern portion of Lavinia Planitia. The viewpoint is located southw... More
Hubble Finds an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star
This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape with an intricate pattern of etchings in its walls. A planetary nebula is the glowing relic of ... More
Gaspra, Deimos, and Phobos Comparison
This montage shows asteroid 951 Gaspra top compared with Deimos lower left and Phobos lower right, the moons of Mars. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00078 NASA/JPL
Venus - Eistla Region, NASA Magellan spacecraft
This image from NASA Magellan spacecraft is of an area located in the Eistla Region of Venus in the southern hemisphere. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00089 NASA/JPL
Venus - Comparison of Initial Magellan Radar Test and Data Acquired in...
This image compares NASA Magellan data acquired in August 1990 during the initial test of the radar system black and white insets with data acquired by the spacecraft in April 1991 color background. The area is... More
Venus Colorized Clouds - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
This colorized picture of Venus was taken Feb. 14, 1990, from a distance of almost 1.7 million miles, about 6 days after NASA's Galileo made it closest approach to the planet. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/... More
Sojourner & Terrain, Mars Pathfinder Images
The undeployed Sojourner rover is seen still latched to a lander petal in this image, taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) on Sol 1, the lander's first day on Mars. Portions of a petal and deflated air... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers David Rice, at left, and John...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers David Rice, at left, and Johnny Melendez rotate a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) to the horizontal position on a lift fixture in the Payload Hazardous Serv... More
Mars Inner Core, NASA Mars Images
Mars Inner Core NASA/JPL/GSFC Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ion Engine Test Firing, JPL/NASA images
Description (November 30, 1998) This image of a xenon ion engine, photographed through a port of the vacuum chamber where it was being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shows the faint blue glow of ch... More
Europa Ice Rafts, NASA / JPL Europa Image
Europa Ice Rafts NASA/JPL/ASU
Olympus Mons in Color, NASA Mars Images
Olympus Mons in Color NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Public domain photograph of planet Mars surface, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Flat Top in Super Resolution from Super Panorama
This anaglyph view of Flat Top, due south of the lander, was produced by NASA Mars Pathfinder Imager camera. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. NASA/JPL
Space Radar Image of Ruiz Volcano, Colombia
This spaceborne radar image shows the Ruiz-Tolima volcanic region in central Colombia, about 150 kilometers 93 miles west of Bogata. The town of Manizales, Colombia, is the pinkish area in the upper right of th... More
Saturn and its Rings, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
Saturn and its Rings NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
SeaWinds Watches for Breakup of Giant Iceberg
NASA QuikScat satellite instrument kept an eye on an iceberg the size of Rhode Island, the first time this space technology had been used to track a potential threat to international shipping. NASA/JPL
3-D View of Death Valley, California
This 3-D perspective view looking north over Death Valley, California, was produced by draping ASTER nighttime thermal infrared data over topographic data from the US Geological Survey. The ASTER data were acqu... More
Deep Space 1 Ion Engine. NASA public domain image colelction.
This image of a xenon ion engine prototype, photographed through a port of the vacuum chamber where it was being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shows the faint blue glow of charged atoms being emit... More
The Second Rover Image, Mars Pathfinder Images
The Second Rover Image NASA/JPL/Caltech Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars Exploration Rover, Vertical Artist Concept
An artist's concept portrays a NASA Mars Exploration Rover on the surface of Mars. Two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, will reach Mars in January 2004. Each has the mobility and toolkit to function as a robotic... More