NASA Johnson Space Center photos

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston trains the astronauts and runs Mission Control: crew portraits, spacewalk training, shuttle and space station missions.

Why they are free to use: NASA photographs are not copyrighted in the United States. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.

5,582 photos in the index, by decade:

The 1960s

All 742 NASA Johnson Space Center photos from the 1960s

Astronaut John Glenn - Egress Training Activity - Langley AFB, VA
1960-12-12
SUIT - ASTRONAUT S. CARPENTER - PA
1960-08-01
Portrait - Astronaut Cooper
1960-01-05
ASTRONAUT GLENN - MISC.
1960-01-01
TRAINING - ASTRONAUT GLENN, JOHN - AEROMEDICAL LAB - CAPE
1961-08-17
ASTRONAUT SHEPARD - PREFLIGHT ACTIVITIES
1961-01-01
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter in the cockpit of a T-106
1961-01-10
Astronaut John Glenn - Blood Draw - Training - Cape
1961-07-05

The 1970s

All 435 NASA Johnson Space Center photos from the 1970s

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 mission commander
1970-08-01
View of Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 liftoff
1970-04-11
View of damaged Apollo 13 Service Module from the Lunar/Command Modules
1970-04-17
PRELAUNCH - APOLLO XIII (ROLLOUT) - KSC
1970-04-10
Photographic replica of the plaque Apollo 13 astronauts will leave on moon
1970-04-13
Enlarged view of hypervelocity impact of lunar surface material
1970-01-06
Enlarged View - Hypervelocity Impact - Lunar Surface Material - CA
1970-01-06
Enlarged view of hypervelocity impact of lunar surface material
1970-01-06

The 1980s

All 333 NASA Johnson Space Center photos from the 1980s

PORTRAIT - LEESTMA, DAVID, ASTRONAUT-CANDIDATE
1980-12-15
Portrait - Astronaut-Candidate (ASCAN) Garriott, Owen K.
1981-03-24
Portrait - Astronaut-Candidate (ASCAN) Thornton, William E.
1981-03-24
Portrait - Astronaut-Candidate (ASCAN) Robert C. "Woody" Spring
1981-01-08
Official Portrait - Astronaut (Dr.) Robert A. Parker
1981-03-24
View of astronaut Jack Lousma in the Shuttle spacesuits (EMU) at bldg 29
1981-06-24
Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in suit donning/doffing exercise
1981-07-22
Astronaut Sally Ride - CapCom Console - STS-2 Simulation
1981-07-10

The 1990s

All 833 NASA Johnson Space Center photos from the 1990s

Official portrait of Michael R. U. Clifford
1990-08-21
Portrait of Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman
1990-04-05
Portrait of Astronaut Richard O. Covey
1990-11-01
Portrait of Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson
1990-05-01
Official portrait of astronaut candidate Kenneth D. Cockrell
1990-08-02
Official portrait of astronaut Leroy Chiao
1990-08-07
Official portrait of astronaut candidate Susan J. Helms
1990-08-07
Official portrait of astronaut Linda M. Godwin
1990-01-16

The 2000s

All 1,053 NASA Johnson Space Center photos from the 2000s

Dominic A. Antonelli - ASCAN portrait
2000-11-30
Astronaut training
2000-05-19
Astronaut training
2000-05-19
Astronaut training
2000-05-19
Astronaut Good - Portrait - JSC
2000-11-29
Astronaut Barratt - Portrait - JSC
2000-11-29
Astronaut Roberto Vittori
2000-11-21
Official portrait of astronaut John Grunsfeld
2000-10-10

The 2010s

All 1,253 NASA Johnson Space Center photos from the 2010s

Expedition 28 JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Astronaut Mike Fossum
2010-09-15
Mercury Astronauts - Group
2010-01-21
Paolo Nespoli Astronaut portrait
2010-01-12
Official Portrait of Astronaut Rick Mastracchio
2010-02-25
STS-125 Orbital Debris
2010-04-20
STS-125 Orbital Debris
2010-04-20
STS-131 Flight Control Team in WFCR - Orbit 2 - Flight Director Mike Sarafin
2010-04-14
STS-131/19A Flight Control Team in FCR-1 - Orbit 1- Flight Director Courtney McMillan
2010-04-14

The 2020s

All 933 NASA Johnson Space Center photos from the 2020s

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