NASA photos
Photographs from NASA's Image and Video Library: rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, Mars rovers, research aircraft and the people who build them.
Why they are free to use: NASA photographs are generally not subject to copyright in the US. Photos credited to partner agencies or companies are left out of this index. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
Rocket launches
Search “rocket launch lifting off from the launch pad” for more, or ask Claude for it

SpaceX CRS-26 Liftoff, Remote Cam #2
2022-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

SpaceX CRS-26 Liftoff, Remote Cam #1
2022-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

SpaceX CRS-26 Liftoff, Remote Cam #3
2022-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

SpaceX CRS-26 Liftoff, Remote Cam #5
2022-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

SpaceX CRS-26 Liftoff, Remote Cam #6
2022-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

SpaceX CRS-26 Liftoff, Remote Cam #4
2022-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

SpaceX CRS-10 Liftoff
2017-02-19 · NASA Image and Video Library

SpaceX CRS-26 Liftoff, Remote Cam #7
2022-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library
The Space Shuttle
Search “Space Shuttle on the launch pad” for more, or ask Claude for it

Shuttle Discovery on pad for STS 51-D mission
1985-04-12 · NASA Image and Video Library

Rollout - Shuttle Columbia - KSC
1986-11-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

KSC-01PADIG-053
2001-02-06 · NASA Image and Video Library

View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch
1985-04-12 · NASA Image and Video Library

Space Shuttle Discovery is Prepared for Launch
2011-02-23 · NASA Image and Video Library

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The White Room is seen at the upper left where the astronauts enter the Space Shuttle for flight. The Rotating Service Structure has been retracted at KSC's Launch Pad 39A. Discovery, the orbiter for the STS-82 mission, is ready for the launch of the second Hubble Space
1997-02-10 · NASA Image and Video Library

KSC-00pp0142
2000-02-01 · NASA Image and Video Library

Space Shuttle Columbia OV (101) launching from pad 39A begining STS-2
1981-11-15 · NASA Image and Video Library
Mars
Search “Mars rover on the surface of Mars” for more, or ask Claude for it

Mars Exploration Rover, Vertical Artist Concept
2003-12-15 · NASA Image and Video Library

Artist Concept of Rover on Mars
2003-02-26 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #1
2017-05-23 · NASA Image and Video Library

Perseverance Rover on Mars (Illustration)
2020-12-21 · NASA Image and Video Library

Perseverance Rover on Mars (Gradient Illustration)
2020-12-21 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #4
2017-11-17 · NASA Image and Video Library

Artist Concept of Mars Exploration Rover
2002-12-21 · NASA Image and Video Library

Close-Up of Perseverance on the Martian Surface
2021-02-22 · NASA Image and Video Library
Research aircraft
Search “NASA research aircraft in flight” for more, or ask Claude for it

The G-IV aircraft is optimized by the Soxnav navigational system
2024-06-28 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA Armstrong Tests Efficient Wing Model
2024-08-20 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design
2026-01-29 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA F/A-18 Tests Precision Landing Tech for Space Missions
2025-02-24 · NASA Image and Video Library

X-59 Prepares for Supersonic Flight Tests
2026-05-12 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA F-15D Research Aircraft Conduct Calibration Flight
2025-04-03 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA’s X-59 Soars Above Armstrong Flight Research Center
2026-04-28 · NASA Image and Video Library

NASA’s DC-8 Conducts Final Flight
2024-05-15 · NASA Image and Video Library
Finding photos for a script?
Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for photos for each part of your script. Claude searches this index, shows you the matches and writes the credit lines.
Add to Claude for free