Resource Guides: Government Information: NASA

Artemis

Artemis I was scheduled to launch Mon. 8/29/22 from KSC. It has been delayed.

Artemis program
SLS (Space Launch System)
Links to fact sheets, press kit, and more.

SpaceX

SpaceX - All the news about NASA's missions using SpaceX
NASA blog.
SpaceX - Dragon
From SpaceX, about the Dragon spacecraft.
NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 Mission Launch
Official NASA site of mission for 5/27/20.
Launch America
About the crew - astronauts:Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley
Launch Day Arrives for NASA's SpaceX Demo-2
The schedule - minute-by-minute.

NASA - Launches and special events

Apollo missions

Apollo 11
Links to videos, transcripts, and more.

Apollo 11 Image Library
More than 100 pages of info. with links to photos. Includes classics such as Buzz Aldrin's salute to the US flag (https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5874HR.jpg ) , Buzz Aldrin's footprint ( https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5877HR.jpg ) ; Neil Armstrong's photo of Buzz Aldrin, lunar module is reflected on helmet visor ( https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5903.jpg )
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Links to "Apollo 11 Moonwalk Pictures" - thumbnails - can download to jpg -- https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11_eva_thumbs.html#Flag
And, see also these photos: https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5872HR.jpg
What You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Mission
Smithsonian magazine, June 2019 feature.
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Cover: "Man on the Moon" ; Print ed. title of article: "Inside America's Greatest Adventure"
website's main page for Apollo 11 - 50 Years Since the Apollo 11 Moon Landing -- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/apollo-11-anniversary-content-package-180972210/
Apollo by the Numbers: a Statistical Reference
345-page book of statistical tables and data related to the Apollo program
Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft
website is html of book content. Library has print ed. offsite, Library Services Center - TL789.8.U6 A5239 (can be requested)
The Apollo Missions
Overviews, with photos, of each Apollo Mission
One Small Step
NASA site for moon landing, with detailed transcripts, of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and the moonwalk.
How NASA Captured This Iconic Footage Of Apollo 17 Leaving The Moon
Video with explanation. From GizModo
How NASA Broadcaset Neil Armstrong Live from the Moon
From Popular Science magazine, Feb. 2016.
The Found Footage That Provides a Whole New Look at the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Backstory of the documentary "Apollo 11"; and, describes NARA's assistance re old film reels.
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From Vanity Fair magazine, Dec. 2018.
Moon Trek
From JPL - click the search icon (magnifying glass), search "Apollo 11", then click "add", then "fly to area" - if you zoom in enough, you see the descent stage of the lunar module (yes, can still be seen) - and, the crater that Neil Armstrong avoided.
The Story Behind Apollo 8's Famous Earthrise Photo
Six minute video from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, with audio of astronauts. Page links to original footage as well as to a new, ultra-high definition (4K) version.
Who Took the Legendary Earthrise Photo From Apollo 8?
By Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon". Smithsonian Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2018 -
Earthrise
Dec. 24, 1968 photo by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders. For jpg version, see : https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/54428main_MM_image_feature_102_jwlarge.jpg
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For many years, photo attributed to Frank Borman. See the Smithsonian Magazine story, Jan.-Feb. 2018 for detailed info., and NASA video "The Story Behind Apollo 8's Famous Earthrise Photo" -- separately linked on this box.