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Loading contentAn imaging instrument that records visible (and often near-infrared or ultraviolet) light — the eyes of a spacecraft, from wide-angle context cameras to high-resolution narrow-angle telescopes.
Cassini's wide- and narrow-angle cameras, which imaged Saturn, its rings, and its moons in unprecedented detail over thirteen years.
Dawn's camera, which mapped the giant asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres, including the bright carbonate deposits of Ceres's Occator crater.
Juno's wide-angle visible-light camera, included partly for public engagement, which has returned spectacular images of Jupiter's turbulent poles and cloud bands.
New Horizons's high-resolution narrow-angle telescope camera, which returned the first detailed images of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth.
OSIRIS-REx's camera suite, which mapped the asteroid Bennu in detail and documented the touch-and-go sample collection.
The Voyager cameras, which returned the first close-up images of the outer planets and their moons, and the 'Pale Blue Dot' portrait of Earth.
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Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.