Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

NASA Image and Video Library API

NASA images, video and audio across its centers, via a keyless search API

Freeauth: noneCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless search API.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: Custom: NASA media are generally not under US copyright, except logos, insignia, identifiable people and marked third-party items. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Credit NASA as the source of the media; do not attribute AI output to NASA.

Open images.nasa.gov

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// Overview

NASA Image and Video Library API

NASA's Image and Video Library offers a keyless search API over images, video and audio from NASA centers, with metadata, captions and asset manifests.

Coverage

NASA images, video and audio across its centers, via a keyless search API.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#space#nasa#images#api#government

Verdict

A source of NASA imagery and media metadata, alongside nasa-ntrs-api. Licence: Custom: NASA's media guidelines say "NASA content – images, audio, video, and media files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format – generally are not subject to copyright in the United States." Logos, insignia, identifiable people and marked third-party items are excepted. AI-agent warning: the guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." So an AI application must not attribute its output directly to NASA. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless search API.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	Custom: NASA media are generally not under US copyright, except logos, insignia, identifiable people and marked third-party items. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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Quick facts

Provider: images.nasa.gov
Type: Dataset
Category: Research & Grey Literature
Domain: Research & Grey Literature
Auth: none
Free tier: Free keyless search API.
Rate limit: Not stated.
License: Custom (see note)
License note: Custom: NASA media are generally not under US copyright, except logos, insignia, identifiable people and marked third-party items. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
Verified: Nov 13, 2026

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Fetch https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/catalog.json, find slug "nasa-image-video-library-api" and read its licenseNote. NASA media are generally not subject to US copyright, but NASA's guidelines say: "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." So if you use these results in an AI application, do not attribute your output directly to NASA. Write code that calls the keyless images-api.nasa.gov search endpoint for the query I name when I run it, keep NASA logos, insignia and identifiable people out of commercial use, and credit NASA as the source of the media.

// Full record · catalog.json

name: NASA Image and Video Library API
slug: nasa-image-video-library-api
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/nasa-image-video-library-api
providerUrl: https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless search API.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
coverage: NASA images, video and audio across its centers, via a keyless search API.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=apollo%2011&page_size=1
https://images-api.nasa.gov/asset/as11-40-5874
https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
tasks: research-grey-literature
space
nasa
images
api
government
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
licenseNote: Custom: NASA media are generally not under US copyright, except logos, insignia, identifiable people and marked third-party items. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Credit NASA as the source of the media; do not attribute AI output to NASA.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nasa-image-video-library-api"
    }
  }
}

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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