# NASA makes all of their images and media available and downloadable for free **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-makes-all-of-their-images-and-media-available-and-downloadable-for-free/785158 "2017-04-24T19:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-makes-all-of-their-images-and-media-available-and-downloadable-for-free/785158/1 "2017-04-24T19:29:45Z")
NASA has made their entire collection of images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online. > **[NASA makes their entire media library publicly accessible and copyright free](https://www.diyphotography.net/nasa-makes-entire-media-library-publicly-accessible-copyright-free/)** > > No matter if you enjoy taking or just watching images of space, NASA has a treat for you. They have made their entire collection of images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online. It’s 140,000 photos and other resources available... This is a huge boon just for time wasting, if nothing else. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-makes-all-of-their-images-and-media-available-and-downloadable-for-free/785158/2 "2017-04-24T19:34:56Z")
NASA has _always_ made all of their data publicly available, at most a year after it’s been collected. Maybe they’ve now made it so you don’t have to poke around as much to find what you’re looking for, but it’s always been there.