Database Statistics
Date tabulated: 15 Oct. 2024Number 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
- 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
- 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
- Of these, number of frames designated with HO tilt angle: 41,558
- Of these, number of remaining frames with normal exposure: 228,254
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
- Of these, number of frames designated with HO tilt angle: 18,009
- Of these, number of remaining frames with normal exposure: 138,524
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