Database Statistics

Date tabulated: 15 Oct. 2024
Number of missions in catalog: 235

UNIQUE RECORDS (Images Table and Frames Table) This total includes both photos that have images in our database and those that do not.
Total number of photographs taken by astronauts: 5,786,386

ALL IMAGES (Images Table) This total is based on counts of unique photo IDs (mission-roll-frame combinations) in the IMAGES table. Note that the IMAGES table can contain multiple images per photo ID. So the count below is of all of these per photo ID just once. This total includes only those photos that have images in our database.
Total number of images taken by astronauts: 5,735,620

Missions
  • Total number of images taken from:
    • International Space Station: 5,300,398
    • Space Shuttle: 358,350
    • Mir: 22,108
    • Skylab: 38,359
    • Apollo, Gemini & Mercury: 14,931

ALL METADATA (Frames Table)
Number of frames cataloged with metadata: 744,783
Number of frames not cataloged with metadata: 5,041,603

Special film types
  • Number of frames that are color visible light: 363,347
  • Number of frames that are color infrared: 42,262
  • Number of frames that are black and white: 24,070
  • Number of frames taken with ESC: 305,388
Camera / Film formats
  • Number of frames taken by Skylab Multispectral Photographic Camera: 33,285
  • Number of frames taken by Skylab Earth Terrain Camera: 5,478
  • Number of frames taken by Linhof: 29,557
  • Number of frames taken by Hasselblad: 337,401
  • Number of frames taken by 35 mm: 19,363
  • Number of frames taken by Kodak digital camera: 139,338
  • Number of frames taken by Nikon digital camera: 165,843
Number of frames with a tilt value or both a center point and a feature that suggests they are earth-looking: 678,581
  • Of these, number of remaining frames with an entry for focal length: 654,172
    • Of these, number of remaining frames with normal exposure: 228,254
      • Of these, number of frames designated with HO tilt angle: 41,558
        • Of these, subset taken with 40-89 mm lens: 13,401
        • Of these, subset taken with 90-249 mm lens: 18,318
        • Of these, subset taken with 250 + mm lens: 8,975
      • Of these, number of frames designated with LO (or number < 56) or NV tilt angle: 179,976
        • Of these, subset taken with 40-89 mm lens: 13,178
        • Of these, subset taken with 90-249 mm lens: 66,276
        • Of these, subset taken with 250 + mm lens: 100,022
FRAMES <= 25% cloud cover
Number of frames <= 25% cloud cover in catalog: 520,535
Number of these frames with a tilt value or both a center point and a feature that suggests they are earth-looking: 463,510
  • Of these, number of remaining frames with an entry for focal length: 446,787
    • Of these, number of remaining frames with normal exposure: 138,524
      • Of these, number of frames designated with HO tilt angle: 18,009
        • Of these, subset taken with 40-89 mm lens: 5,415
        • Of these, subset taken with 90-249 mm lens: 7,731
        • Of these, subset taken with 250 + mm lens: 4,329
      • Of these, number of frames designated with LO (or number < 56) or NV tilt angle: 115,861
        • Of these, subset taken with 40-89 mm lens: 6,882
        • Of these, subset taken with 90-249 mm lens: 41,132
        • Of these, subset taken with 250 + mm lens: 67,581
FRAMES >= 70% cloud cover
Number of frames >= 70% cloud cover in catalog: 94,446

SUNGLINT
Number of frames taken with a sun elevation between 42 and 57 degrees. 153,582