GET /search

nasa.gov:nasa-image-and-video-library-api

Summary: Search NASA media collection
Operation ID: searchMedia
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for images, videos, and audio from NASA's media collection. Supports filtering by keywords, media type, date ranges, NASA centers, and more.

Parameters (9)

center (string, query, optional)

Filter by NASA center (e.g., JPL, HQ, KSC, GSFC, ARC, MSFC, GRC, JSC, LARC, DFRC)

keywords (string, query, optional)

Search by specific keywords

media_type (string, query, optional)

Filter by media type

Constraints: {'enum': ['image', 'video', 'audio']}

nasa_id (string, query, optional)

Search by exact NASA ID

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for paginated results

page_size (integer, query, optional, default: 100)

Number of results per page

q (string, query, optional)

Search query string. Searches across titles, descriptions, and keywords.

year_end (integer, query, optional)

End year for date range filter

year_start (integer, query, optional)

Start year for date range filter

Examples (7)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search NASA Image and Video Library openapi-spec https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=apollo&media_type=image&center=JPL&page=1&page_size=20&year_start=2020&year_end=2024
Search NASA media collection openapi-spec https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=mars&center=JSC&keywords=Apollo,Moon&location=Mars, PA, USA&photographer=NASA/Bill Ingalls&nasa_id=NHQ201906010007&media_type=image&page_size=10&page=1&year_start=1969&year_end=1972
Search NASA media openapi-spec https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=mars&center=JPL&media_type=image&year_start=2020&year_end=2023
Search NASA media probe-gate https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=mars&center=JPL&media_type=image&year_start=2020&year_end=2023&page=1&page_size=100
Search NASA media openapi-spec https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=apollo&center=JPL&keywords=Mars,Rover&nasa_id=PIA00100&media_type=image&year_start=2020&year_end=2023
Search NASA media probe-gate https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=apollo&center=JPL&keywords=Mars%2CRover&nasa_id=PIA00100&media_type=image&page=1&page_size=100&year_start=2020&year_end=2023
Search NASA media collection openapi-spec https://images-api.nasa.gov/search?q=apollo&media_type=image&year_start=2020&year_end=2023&center=JPL&keywords=moon&nasa_id=PIA24439&page=1&page_size=25

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:41:28.703073 200 510ms
2026-03-23 10:40:27.644452 200 435ms
2026-03-23 10:29:57.227450 200 789ms
2026-03-23 10:22:35.194109 200 500ms
2026-03-23 09:48:48.639879 200 513ms
2026-03-23 09:31:53.673602 200 872ms
2026-03-23 09:24:32.679265 200 406ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:31:53.673602 74b7a6344dce 469bd7bcbae8
2026-03-23 09:48:48.639879 469bd7bcbae8 ea41aab028c1
2026-03-23 10:22:35.194109 ea41aab028c1 4db589dc9d5e
2026-03-23 10:29:57.227450 4db589dc9d5e 3da45d51252e
2026-03-23 10:40:27.644452 3da45d51252e 463f25423005
2026-03-23 10:41:28.703073 463f25423005 5a0d8aee7f8b