<p>NASA mission data is archived at a handful of NASA archives.  If you do not know which archive a data set is in, then you can search the Master Catalog at the <a href="http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDC)</a>.
The main astrophysics archives are: </p>

<p>HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center)</p>

<p>IRSA (Infrared Science Archives)</p>

<p>LAMBDA (Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis)</p>

<p>and <a href="https://archive.stsci.edu/" rel="nofollow">MAST</a> (Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes)</p>

<p>Planetary/Solar System Data are at the various Nodes of the <a href="https://pds.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">PDS</a>.
NSSDC holds data from many of the older missions that predate these archives.</p>

<p>New Horizons data is being archived at the <a href="http://pds-smallbodies.astro.umd.edu/data_sb/missions/newhorizons/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">Small Bodies Node</a> of PDS. But, it usually takes several months for data to get into these archives.  So, if you are looking for very current images, you have to rely on what the mission team has put up on its web site.  That is at their discretion.</p>

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2015-07-16T21:08:19.550Z
2015-07-16T21:08:19.550Z
eshaya
<p>Does NASA make publicly available real images of missions in an organized manner? What I mean is: Say I'm looking for the images taken by New Horizons - a simple list of the images in chronological order. Even if it's not a comprehensive list, at least all of those made publicly available. Does that exist?</p>

<p>To be clear - I'm not interested in "artist concept". On the other hand - "false color" pictures of infrared etc. are fine.</p>

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2015-07-16T18:59:25.350Z
Something like this? http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounter/
called2voyage
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2015-07-16T19:11:57.507Z
Or this? http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity.html
Wayfaring Stranger
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2015-07-16T20:30:06.790Z
@called2voyage Yes. Thanks! (Is there a common starting point for all of those lists like yours and the other comment here?)
ispiro
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2015-07-16T20:30:27.767Z
@WayfaringStranger See previous comment.
ispiro
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2015-07-16T20:38:44.350Z
Honestly, I just used google. You can also try googling with "site:nasa.gov" in your search query to get more refined results.
called2voyage
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2015-07-16T20:48:48.047Z
@called2voyage Thanks. That's exactly what I did before asking here, and got all those "artist concept" images or one or two real pictures only. Anyway, the links that you two supplied are exactly the kind I was looking for. Thanks.
ispiro
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2015-07-16T21:12:40.663Z
@ispiro When I googled I looked specifically for "[mission/object name] photo database", for example "New Horizons photo database" or "Mars photo database".
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Real images (not "artist concept") by NASA
ispiro
# Real images (not "artist concept") by NASA

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-16)

Does NASA make publicly available real images of missions in an organized manner? What I mean is: Say I'm looking for the images taken by New Horizons - a simple list of the images in chronological order. Even if it's not a comprehensive list, at least all of those made publicly available. Does that exist?

To be clear - I'm not interested in "artist concept". On the other hand - "false color" pictures of infrared etc. are fine.

**Tags:** star, solar-system, observational-astronomy

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Something like this? http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounter/  
> **username_2**: Or this? http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/gallery/all/opportunity.html  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Yes. Thanks! (Is there a common starting point for all of those lists like yours and the other comment here?)  
> **username_0**: @username_2 See previous comment.  
> **username_1**: Honestly, I just used google. You can also try googling with "site:nasa.gov" in your search query to get more refined results.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Thanks. That's exactly what I did before asking here, and got all those "artist concept" images or one or two real pictures only. Anyway, the links that you two supplied are exactly the kind I was looking for. Thanks.  
> **username_1**: @username_0 When I googled I looked specifically for "[mission/object name] photo database", for example "New Horizons photo database" or "Mars photo database".  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-07-16. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

NASA mission data is archived at a handful of NASA archives. If you do not know which archive a data set is in, then you can search the Master Catalog at the [NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDC)](http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/).
The main astrophysics archives are:

HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center)

IRSA (Infrared Science Archives)

LAMBDA (Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis)

and [MAST](https://archive.stsci.edu/) (Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes)

Planetary/Solar System Data are at the various Nodes of the [PDS](https://pds.nasa.gov/).
NSSDC holds data from many of the older missions that predate these archives.

New Horizons data is being archived at the [Small Bodies Node](http://pds-smallbodies.astro.umd.edu/data_sb/missions/newhorizons/index.shtml) of PDS. But, it usually takes several months for data to get into these archives. So, if you are looking for very current images, you have to rely on what the mission team has put up on its web site. That is at their discretion.


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