Welcome to the JSC History Portal

Welcome to the JSC History Portal. It offers access to the JSC History Database, other JSC history materials, and hundreds of NASA history web pages.

Some links go to developed user-friendly web sites, such as JSC's History of Shuttle-Mir. Some links go to history web pages at other NASA Centers, for example, at Kennedy Space Center and John H. Glenn Research Center. Other links are to the original rough materials of history, such as the Apollo Program Press Kits and the Spacecraft Communications Transcripts. The JSC Roundup offers history as it was happening, reported in the pages of JSC's own newspaper. And the JSC Oral Histories tell space history stories, in the words of those who lived them.

These links are presented in a single, mainly chronological file, which may be used here on-line, or downloaded and shared. The side buttons link to specific subjects and historical sections, such as Mercury and Skylab. Official NASA history titles are presented in italics, such as Suddenly, Tomorrow Came: a History of Johnson Space Center.

Some of the publications, documents, or transcripts have been exported to individual Adobe Acrobat PDF files for easy searching and viewing. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

JSC History

Johnson Space Center was established in 1961 as the Manned Spacecraft Center. In 1973, the Center was renamed in honor of the late President and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson. From the early Gemini, Apollo and Skylab projects to today's Space Shuttle and International Space Station Programs, the Center continues to lead NASA's efforts in human space exploration.

About Johnson Space Center
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/info/aboutjsc.html

JSC History Collection
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/info/history/history_collection.htm

Suddenly, Tomorrow Came: a History of Johnson Space Center
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/suddenly_tomorrow/suddenly.htm

Ellington Field: A Short History, 1917-1963
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ellington/Ellington.pdf

JSC Human Spaceflight History Web Site
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/

JSC News Releases since 1961
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/index.html

Space Weekly News Roundup - 2002 to present
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/roundup/online/

Space Weekly News Roundup - 1961-2001
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/roundups/roundups.htm

1961 NASA Press Release Announcing Manned Space Flight Center
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/jsc40/memo_1a.html

September 19, 1961 Space Task Group Memo Announcing Location Manned Spacecraft Center
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/jsc40/memo_1.html

October 19, 1961 NASA Space Task Group Memo Establishing Manned Spacecraft Center
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/jsc40/memo_2.htm

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created on October 1, 1958, "to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere and for other purposes." This was one year after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 and a "technology gap" crisis had become part of the Cold War.

Since then, NASA has built a largely successful human spaceflight program; sent probes and landers throughout the solar system and beyond; orbited telescopes and observatories of both outer space and Earth; and conducted research in aeronautics.

NASA History in Brief
http://history.nasa.gov/brief.html

NASA History Fact Sheet
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/factsheet.htm

Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4406/cover.html

NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/monograph10/foreword.html

National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
http://history.nasa.gov/spaceact-legishistory.pdf

NASA's 40th Anniversary
http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/40home.htm

Great Images from NASA's History
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/

NASA Historical Data Books
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4012/cover.html

NASA JSC History Collection
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/info/history/history_collection.htm

NASA Biographies
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/prsnnl.htm

Key Documents in the History of Space Policy
http://history.nasa.gov/spdocs.html

NASA History Books Online
http://history.nasa.gov/series95.html

NASA Aeronautics History Sources
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/aeronaut.html

NASA Records at National Archives
http://history.nasa.gov/nara1.html

NASA Centers
http://www.nasa.gov/about/sites

NASA History Chronologies
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html

NASA Project Anniversary Links
http://history.nasa.gov/anniv.htm

Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration,
1957-present
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chrono.html

This Month in Space History
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/

Mission Patches
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/mission_patches.html

Cold War Exhibit at Library of Congress website
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html

Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/index.html

JSC's "Yesterday's Space Facts" date-based
search engine
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/dayfacts/archives/

NASA Technical Reports
http://ntrs.nasa.gov

Langley Research Center Technical Reports Server
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/reports/index.html

NACA Technical Reports
http://naca.larc.nasa.gov

NASA Science and Technical Information (STI)
http://www.sti.nasa.gov

NASA Thesaurus
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/thesfrm1.htm

US Human Spaceflight History provides links to numerous aspects of humans in space.

Rocket History
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/rocket-history.txt

Timeline of Rocket History
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/rocketry/index.html

Video Tour of Spaceflight History
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/history/h-t-video-main.htm

Chronology of Aeronautics and Astronautics
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html

U.S. Human Space Flight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/40thann/humanspf.htm

Chronology of U.S. Astronaut Missions (1961-1972)
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chrono_astronaut.html

Chronology of First 100 Human Space Flights
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Timeline/100flt.html

KSC First 100 Manned Space Flights
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/factoids/hundtoc.htm

Communications Transcripts: Mercury Through Apollo
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/mission_transcripts.htm

Early Astronauts
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/early-astronauts.txt

Astronaut Information
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/nauts.html

Astronaut Biographies
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/nauts.html

JSC Human Spaceflight Media Gallery
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html

NASA Image Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html

NASA Multimedia Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html

JSC's "Yesterday's Space Facts" date-based search engine
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/dayfacts/archives/

The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4213/sp4213.htm

Man-Systems Integration Standards
http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/Volume1.htm

Spacewalking: Extra-Vehicular Activities

Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/walking/EVAChron.pdf

Spacesuit Evolution
http://history.nasa.gov/spacesuits.pdf

EVA Statistics
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/eva.html

EVA Activity (Man-Systems Integration Standards)
http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/sections/section14.htm

Mercury: 1958-1963

Project Mercury put the first Americans into space. Initiated in 1958, with six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, Project Mercury's objectives were specific: to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth; to investigate man's ability to function in space; and to recover both man and spacecraft safely.

This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4201/toc.htm

Mercury Project Summary
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-45/cover.htm

Project Mercury: A Chronology
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/cover.htm

Space Medicine In Project Mercury
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4003/cover.htm

Project Mercury Drawings and Technical Diagrams
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/mercury.html

JSC Mercury Images
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/mercury/index.html

Mercury Unmanned Missions
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury.htm

Video: Mercury Astronauts; Alan Shepard; Mercury Launch
(with partial audio)
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-002.mpg

MR-3 Freedom 7
May 5, 1961
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mr-3/mr-3.html

MR-4 Liberty Bell 7
July 21, 1961
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mr-4/mr-4.html

Results of the Second U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/MR-4/cover.htm

MA-6 Friendship 7
February 20, 1962
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-6/ma-6.html

Friendship 7 Video
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-005.mpg

40th Anniversary of Friendship 7 (Mercury Atlas 6)
http://history.nasa.gov/friendship7/index.html

MA-7 Aurora 7
May 24, 1962
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-7/ma-7.html

Results of the Second U.S. Manned Orbital Space Flight
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-6/cover.htm

MA-8 Sigma 7
October 3, 1962
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-8/ma-8.html

MA-9 Faith 7
May 15, 1963
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-9/ma-9.html

Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Space Flight
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-45/cover.htm

KSC Mercury Archives
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mercury.htm

The 40th Anniversary of the Mercury Seven Selection
http://history.nasa.gov/40thmerc7/intro.htm

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

Communications Transcripts: Mercury Through Apollo
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/mission_transcripts.htm

Gemini: 1962-1966

Gemini was an intermediate step between Mercury and Apollo. Its major objectives: to subject two men and their equipment to long duration, microgravity flights; to rendezvous and dock with other orbiting vehicles; and to perfect methods of reentry and landing the spacecraft at a pre-selected point.

On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4203/cover.htm

Project Gemini: Technology and Operations: A Chronology
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4002/cover.htm

Gemini Goals
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-goals.htm

Gemini Overview
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-overview.htm

Gemini Spacecraft
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-spacecraft.htm

Gemini Flight Summary
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
flight-summary.htm

Gemini Missions
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-manned.htm

Project Gemini Drawings and Technical Diagrams
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/gemini.html

Gemini Launch Movie
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/movies/gemini-launch.mpg

JSC's Gemini Image Directory
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov

KSC Gemini Archives
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini.htm

JSC Gemini Images
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/gemini/index.html

Gemini I (unmanned)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-1/gemini1.htm

Gemini I (unmanned)
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-1/gemini-1.html

Gemini II (unmanned)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-2/gemini2.htm

Gemini II (unmanned)
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-2/gemini-2.html

Gemini III (Molly Brown)
March 23, 1965
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-3/gemini3.htm

Gemini III (Molly Brown)
March 23, 1965
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-3/gemini-3.html

Gemini IV
June 3, 1965
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-4/gemini4.htm

Gemini IV
June 3, 1965
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-iv/gemini-iv.html

Gemini IV Spacewalk Video
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-010.mpg

Gemini V
August 21, 1965
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-5/gemini5.htm

Gemini V
August 21, 1965
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-v/gemini-v.html

Gemini VII
December 4, 1965
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-7/gemini7.htm

Gemini VII
December 4, 1965
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-vii/gemini-vii.html

Gemini VI-A
December 15, 1965
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-6/gemini6a.htm

Gemini VI-A
December 15, 1965
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-vi-a/
gemini-vi-a.html

Gemini VIA & VII Rendezvous Video
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-011.mpg

Gemini VIII
March 16, 1966
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-8/gemini8.htm

Gemini VIII
March 16, 1966
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-viii/gemini-viii.html

Gemini IX-A
June 3, 1966
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-9/gemini9a.htm

Gemini IX-A
June 3, 1966
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-ix-a/gemini-ix-a.html

Gemini X
July 18, 1966
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-10/gemini10.htm

Gemini X
July 18, 1966
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-x/gemini-x.html

Gemini XI
September 12, 1966
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-11/gemini11.htm

Gemini XI
September 12, 1966
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-xi/gemini-xi.html

Gemini XII
November 11, 1966
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/
gemini-12/gemini12.htm

Gemini XII
November 11, 1966
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-xii/gemini-xii.html

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

Communications Transcripts: Mercury Through Apollo
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/mission_transcripts.htm

Apollo: 1963-1972

The Apollo Program landed humans on the Moon and brought them back safely to Earth. After 16 uncrewed vehicle-testing missions and the tragedy of the Apollo 1 launch pad fire, the Earth-orbiting Apollo 7 and 9 missions tested the Command and Lunar Modules. Apollos 8 and 10 tested various components while orbiting the Moon, and returned photography of the lunar surface. Six lunar landings (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17) returned a wealth of scientific data and almost 400 kilograms of lunar samples. Apollo 13 did not land on the Moon due to a malfunction. Three planned Apollo missions (Apollo 18, 19 and 20) were cancelled.

Lunar Exploration

Lunar Exploration Links
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_25th.html

Lunar Exploration Timeline
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunartimeline.html

Moon Fact Sheet
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/moonfact.html

Apollo Histories and Overviews

From the Trench of Mission Control to the
Craters of the Moon
Stories from the men of Mission Control's
Flight Dynamics group: "The Trench"
http://www.blurb.com/user/HDavid64

Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/cover.html

Apollo Expeditions to the Moon
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-350/cover.html

The Decision to Go to the Moon:
President John F. Kennedy's May 25, 1961 Speech
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/moondec.html

President Kennedy's Speech Video
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-003.mpg

President Kennedy's Rice University Speech Video
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-004.mpg

Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/cover.htm

The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/cover.htm

Chariots For Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/cover.html

Managing NASA in the Apollo Era
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4102/sp4102.htm

NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4104/sp4104.htm

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/sp4206.htm

Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/SP-4029.htm

Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/cover.html

Apollo Goals
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-goals.txt

Apollo Flight Summaries
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/flight-summary.txt

NASA Apollo Press Kits
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-prskits.html

Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollomon/cover.html

Saturn V Press Kit
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/saturn_apollo/saturnv_press_kit.html

A Brief History of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/lunar/index.html

Project Apollo Drawings and Technical Diagrams
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/apollo.html

JSC Apollo Images
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/index.html

Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_lrv.html

JSC Apollo Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/apollo.htm

An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollobib/cover.html

Lunar Surface Journals
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/frame.html

JSC Lunar Samples Curation
http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon
http://jsc.nasa.gov/history/flag/flag.htm

Non-NASA Links about Apollo
http://history.nasa.gov/apollo.html

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

Apollo/Saturn Uncrewed Flights

SA-1
Launched 27 October 1961
First flight of Saturn 1
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=SATURNSA1

SA-2
Launched 25 April 1962
Project High Water I
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=SATURNSA2

SA-3
Launched 16 November 1962
Project High Water II
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=SATURNSA3

SA-4
Launched 28 March 1963
Engine-out capability test
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=SATURNSA4

SA-5
Launched 29 January 1964
First Block II Saturn launch
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-005A

SA-6
Launched 28 May 1964
First Apollo boilerplate model
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-025A

SA-7
Launched 18 September 1964
Apollo boilerplate model
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1964-057A

SA-9/Pegasus 1
Launched 16 February 1965
Apollo boilerplate model and micrometeoroid satellite
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1965-009A

AS-201
Launched 26 February 1966
First flight of Saturn 1B
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=APST201

AS-202
Launched 25 August 1966
Apollo development flight
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=APST202

SA-8/Pegasus 2
Launched 25 May 1965
Apollo boilerplate model and micrometeoroid satellite
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1965-039A

SA-10/Pegasus 3
Launched 30 July 1965
Apollo boilerplate model and micrometeoroid satellite
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1965-060A

AS-203
Launched 5 July 1966
First S-IVB stage orbital mission
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1966-059A

Apollo 4
Launched 9 November 1967
First all-up launch of Saturn V
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1967-113A

Apollo 5
Launched 22 January 1968
First test of Lunar Module in space
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-007A

Apollo 6
Launched 4 April 1968
Final uncrewed Apollo test flight
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-025A

The Apollo 1 Launch Pad Accident

Apollo 1
27 January 1967

Tragic Loss of Three Apollo Astronauts
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/

Annotated Bibliography About The Apollo 204 Fire
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/biblio.html

Apollo 204 Review Board Report.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/
as204report.html

Effects of and responses to Apollo 204 Review Board Report
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/concl.html

Apollo 1 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-1/apollo-1.html

Apollo 1 information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.html

Apollo 1 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as1.htm

Apollo Crewed Earth-Orbiting Missions

Apollo 7
Launched 11 October 1968
First crewed Apollo flight
Splashdown 22 October 1968

Apollo 7 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo7/index.html

Apollo 7 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-7/apollo-7.htm

Apollo 7 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1968-089A

Apollo 7 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo7.html

Apollo 7 Press Kit
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj//a410/A07_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 7 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as7.htm

Apollo Lunar Missions
The Apollo lunar missions consisted of a Command Module (CM) and a Lunar Module (LM). The CM and LM would separate after lunar orbit insertion. One crew member would stay in the CM, which would orbit the Moon, while the other two astronauts would take the LM down to the lunar surface. After exploring the surface, setting up experiments, taking pictures, collecting rock samples, etc., the astronauts would return to the CM for the journey back to Earth.

Apollo Lunar Landing Sites
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/lunarlanding.html

Apollo Lunar Landings Map
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_landing_map.jpg

Apollo 8
Launched 21 December 1968
Lunar Orbit and Return
Returned to Earth 27 December 1968

Apollo 8 Information at Johnson Space Center http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo8/index.html

Apollo 8 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo8info.html

Apollo 8 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-8/apollo-8.htm

Apollo 8 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo8.html

Apollo 8 Press Kit
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj//a410/A08_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo8_xmas.html

Apollo 8 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as8.htm

Apollo 8: Earth's Rise to a New Era
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/apollo8_mp3/apollo8.htm

Apollo 9
Launched 03 March 1969
First crewed Lunar Module test
Splashdown 13 March 1969

Apollo 9 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo9/index.html

Apollo 9 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1969-018A

Apollo 9 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-9/apollo-9.htm

Apollo 9 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo9.html

Apollo 9 Press Kit
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj//a410/A09_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 9 JSC Digital Image Collection http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as9.htm

Apollo 10
Launched 18 May 1969
Lunar Orbit and Return
Returned to Earth 26 May 1969

Apollo 10 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo10/index.html

Apollo 10 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo10info.html

Apollo 10 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-10/apollo-10.htm

Apollo 10 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo10.html

Apollo 10 Press Kit
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj//a410/A10_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 10 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as10.htm

Apollo 11
Launched 16 July 1969
Landed on Moon 20 July 1969
Sea of Tranquility
Returned to Earth 24 July 1969

Apollo 11 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo11/index.html

Apollo 11 Mission Log
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo11/log.html

Apollo 11: The First Lunar Landing
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/
FirstLunarLanding/toc.html

Apollo 11 Launch Videos
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/apollo/apollo11/
html/launch.html

Apollo 11 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11info.html

Apollo 11 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/apollo-11.htm

Apollo 11 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo11.html

Apollo 11 Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/A11_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 11 25th Anniversary
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11.html

Apollo 11 30th Anniversary
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/introduction.htm

Apollo 11 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo11/
ndxpage1.html

Apollo 11 JSC Video Gallery
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/apollo/apollo11/
html/launch.html

Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon
http://jsc.nasa.gov/history/flag/flag.htm

Apollo 12
Launched 14 November 1969
Landed on Moon 19 November 1969
Ocean of Storms
Returned to Earth 24 November 1969

Apollo 12 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo12/index.html

Apollo 12 Lunar Surface Journal
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a12/a12.html

Apollo 12 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo12info.html

Apollo 12 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-12/apollo-12.htm

Apollo 12 Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/A12_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 12 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo12.html

Apollo 13
Launched 11 April 1970
Lunar Flyby and Return
Malfunction forced cancellation of lunar landing
Returned to Earth 17 April 1970

Apollo 13 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo13/index.html

Apollo 13 Accident Chronology
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Timeline/
apollo13chron.html

Apollo 13 Accident Information
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ap13acc.html

Apollo 13 Lunar Surface Journal
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a13/a13.html

Apollo 13 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo13info.html

Apollo 13 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-13/apollo-13.htm

Apollo 13 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo13.html

Apollo 13 Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a13/A13_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 13 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as13.htm

Apollo 14
Launched 31 January 1971
Landed on Moon 5 February 1971
Fra Mauro
Returned to Earth 9 February 1971

Apollo 14 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo14/index.html

Apollo 14 Lunar Surface Journal
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a14/a14.html

Apollo 14 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo14info.html

Apollo 14 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-14/apollo-14.htm

Apollo 14 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo14.html

Apollo 14 Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a14/A14_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 14 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as14.htm

Apollo 15
Launched 26 July 1971
Landed on Moon 30 July 1971
Hadley Rille
Returned to Earth 7 August 1971

Apollo 15 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo15/index.html

Apollo 15 Flight Journal
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap15fj/index.htm

Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Journal
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/a15.html

Apollo 15 Hammer/Feather Drop
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/featherdrop_sound.mov

Apollo 15 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo15info.html

Apollo 15 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-15/apollo-15.htm

Apollo 15 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo15.html

Apollo 15 Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/A15_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 15 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as15.htm

Apollo 16
Launched 16 April 1972
Landed on Moon 20 April 1972
Descartes
Returned to Earth 27 April 1972

Apollo 16 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo16/index.html

Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Journal
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a16/a16.html

On The Moon with Apollo 16: A guidebook to the Descartes Region
http://history.nasa.gov/EP-95/ep95.htm

Apollo 16 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo16info.html

Apollo 16 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-16/apollo-16.htm

Apollo 16 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo16.html

Apollo 16 Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/A16_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 16 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/
apollo16/ndxpage1.html

Apollo 17
Launched 07 December 1972
Landed on Moon 11 December 1972
Taurus-Littrow
Returned to Earth 19 December 1972

Apollo 17 Information at Johnson Space Center
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo17/index.html

Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/a17.html

Apollo 17 Lunar Module Lift-Off from Moon
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/movie/as17_liftoff2.mov

Apollo 17 Information at Goddard Space Flight Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo17info.html

Apollo 17 Information at Kennedy Space Center
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-17/apollo-17.htm

Apollo 17 Information at NASA Headquarters
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apo17.html

Apollo 17 Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/A17_PressKit.pdf

Apollo 17 JSC Digital Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as17.htm

Apollo 18, 19 & 20 - The Cancelled Missions
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_18_20.html

Communications Transcripts: Mercury Through Apollo
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/mission_transcripts.htm

Skylab: 1973-1974

Skylab was a U.S. space station adapted from the third stage of a Saturn V rocket and launched into orbit in May 1973. Three successive crews of three astronauts each occupied Skylab. The longest mission, which ended in February 1974, lasted almost three months.

Skylab: A Chronology
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4011/cover.htm

Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4208/sp4208.htm

Skylab, Classroom in Space
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-401/sp401.htm

Skylab 1 (Uncrewed)
May 14, 1973
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/skylab-1.htm

Skylab 2
May 25-June 22, 1973
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/skylab-2.htm

Skylab 3
July 28-September 25, 1973
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/skylab-3.htm

Skylab 4
November 16, 1973 - February 8, 1974
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/skylab-4.htm

Skylab Operations Summary
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/
skylab-operations.htm

Skylab Flight Summary
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/
flight-summary.htm

Skylab Video
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
video/v-024.mpg

JSC Skylab Images
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/skylab/index.html

Skylab Statistics
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/skylab/
skylab-stats.htm

JSC Skylab Image Collection
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/skylab.htm

Skylab Digital Images at Glenn Space Flight Center
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/
images/skylab_images.html

Skylab Drawings and Technical Diagrams
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/skylab.html

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: 1975

Apollo-Soyuz was the first human spaceflight mission conducted jointly by two nations. A Russian Soyuz launched on July 15, 1975, followed by the U.S. Apollo launch on the same day. The two craft docked on July 17, and joint operations were conducted for two full days. Both spacecraft landed safely and on schedule.

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

The Partnership: History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4209/cover.htm

ASTP Chronology
http://history.nasa.gov/astp/chronology.html

Apollo-Soyuz Flight Summary
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/astp/flight-summary.htm

ASTP Documents and Transcripts
http://history.nasa.gov/astp/gallery.html

ASTP Biographies
http://history.nasa.gov/astp/bios.html

Kennedy Space Flight Center ASTP Information
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov//history/astp/astp.html

NASA Headquarters ASTP Information
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/apollo/apsoyhist.html

Apollo-Soyuz Spacecraft
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/astp/
astp-spacecraft.htm

Project Apollo-Soyuz Drawings and Technical Diagrams
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/
astp/apol_soyuz.htm

Apollo-Soyuz Audio, Video and Images
http://history.nasa.gov/astp/video.html

Apollo-Soyuz Press Kit
http://history.nasa.gov/astp/gallery.html

JSC Apollo-Soyuz Digital Images
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov

Apollo-Soyuz Bibliography
http://history.nasa.gov/astp/bib.html

Space Shuttle: 1981 to present

NASA's four space shuttle orbiters are the first spacecraft capable of routinely launching into orbit like rockets and then returning to Earth as gliders. They are the main element of NASA's Space Transportation System, and are used for scientific research and space applications, such as deploying and repairing satellites.
On its own, a shuttle can carry to orbit a payload of about 65,000 pounds. Typical missions have crews of about seven astronauts, orbit at altitudes of around 150 to 250 miles, and stay in space for ten days to two weeks.

Wings in Orbit:
The Scientific and Engineering Legacies
of the Space Shuttle
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/wingsinorbit/index.html

Space Shuttle Missions Summary (PDF 82MB)
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/reference/TM-2011-216142.pdf

Development History of the Space Shuttle
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/spacecraft/s-orb.htm

Toward a History of the Space Shuttle:
An Annotated Bibliography:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Shuttlebib/cover.html

Wings into Space: The Flight of STS-1,
April 12-14, 1981
http://history.nasa.gov/sts1/index.html

JSC Information on STS-1
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-1/index.html

20th Anniversary of STS-1
http://history.nasa.gov/sts1/index.html

STS-1 Press Kit
http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-1/STS1.pdf

KSC Shuttle Operations
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/index.html

Shuttle Press Kits: 1981 - 2002
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/shuttle_pk/shuttle_press.htm

JSC Shuttle Mission Archive
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/

KSC Shuttle Mission Chronology
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/chron/chrontoc.htm

KSC Shuttle Mission Archive
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/missions.html

KSC Shuttle Mission Summaries, Launch,
and Landing Archive, 1999-2004
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
archives/1999-2004.html

Shuttle Operational Data Book
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/green/

Shuttle Status Reports
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/index.html

Space Shuttle Status Reports
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
status/2005/index.html

KSC Shuttle Landing History
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/nasafact/landinghist.htm

NASA History Information on STS-51L/Challenger Accident
http://history.nasa.gov/sts51l.html

KSC Information on Challenger Accident
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/
mission-51-l.html

Space Shuttle Orbiters - Names
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/
k-4/features/F_Names_of_Shuttle_Orbiters.html

KSC Facts about the Space Shuttles
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbiters_toc.html

KSC Columbia Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbiterscol.html

KSC Columbia Orbiter (OV-102)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/
orbiters/columbia.html

KSC Discovery Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbitersdis.html

KSC Discovery Orbiter (OV-103)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/
orbiters/discovery.html

KSC Atlantis Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbitersatl.html

KSC Atlantis Orbiter (OV-104)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/
orbiters/atlantis.html

KSC Endeavour Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/orbitersend.html

KSC Endeavour Orbiter (OV-105)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/
orbiters/endeavour.html

KSC Challenger Orbiter Fact Page
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
orbiters/challenger-info.html

KSC Challenger Orbiter (STA-099, OV-99)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/
orbiters/challenger.html

KSC Enterprise Orbiter (OV-101)
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/
orbiters/enterprise.html

JSC Shuttle Images and Audio
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/index.html

KSC Shuttle Photo and Video Archive
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/photos/

Space Shuttle Drawings and Technical Diagrams
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/diagrams/
shuttle/diagram-shuttle.htm

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

Space Shuttle Basics
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/basics/history/index.html

Shuttle-Mir: 1996-1998
Phase 1 of the International Space Station

From early 1994 into 1998, 7 American astronauts spent nearly 1000 days living in orbit with Russian cosmonauts on board the space station Mir. American space shuttles rendezvoused ten times with Russia's space station Mir. Called "Phase 1," the Shuttle-Mir Program prepared the way for the International Space Station and began an era of cooperation and exploration, rarely seen in human history.

JSC Shuttle-Mir History Website
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/

Shuttle-Mir Brief Overview and Timeline
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/history/
h-tl-text-main.htm

Mir Mission Chronicles
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/references/
r-documents-mirmission.htm

Shuttle-Mir Audio, Video, Photos and Diagrams
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/
multimedia.htm

Mir Hardware Heritage
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/references/
r-documents-mirhh.htm

Phase 1 Program Joint Report
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/references/
r-documents-joint.htm

In 1998, the first two modules of the International Space Station were launched and joined together in orbit. Other modules soon followed and the first crew arrived in 2000. The journey continues.

ISS Assembly History
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/assembly/index.html

ISS Evolution Report by Congressional Research Service
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/smith.htm

ISS Expedition Crews
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/iss_crews.html

ISS Expedition One Ship's Logs
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp1/ex1logs.html

ISS Status Reports
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/1998/index.html

ISS Expedition Flight Plans, Beginning November 2000
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/2000/november/index.html

ISS Expedition Missions - Information and Mission Archives
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html

ISS Statistics to Date
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/isstodate.html

Life Sciences Data Archive Searchable Database
http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov

ISS Images
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/index.html

This section contains links to other NASA Centers.

NASA Centers
http://www.nasa.gov/about/sites

NASA Centers History Websites
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/centers.html

NASA Center Directors
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/director.html

The JSC History Collection is maintained by the University of Houston - Clear Lake, and consists of the following series: Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), Shuttle, Space Station, as well as Center History and MSC/JSC General Series. Also, the collection includes documents collected from JSC, contractors, and other NASA Centers, which were compiled by historians working on chronologies and histories of NASA's human spaceflight programs; and the JSC Oral History Project, consisting of recordings, transcripts and biographical data books. To access the collection or for more information, choose one of the following links.

Description of the materials included in the JSC History Collection

JSC History Collection - Background

Information regarding the JSC materials housed at the National Archives and Records Adminstration

Information on accessing the materials in the JSC History Collection

History Search Index
History Search Index User Guide

Archive Search Index
Archive Search Index User Guide

JSC Oral History Project
(Project Brochure)

Established in 1996, the goal of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project (JSC OHP) is to capture history from the individuals who first provided the country and the world with an avenue to space and the moon. Participants include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.

These oral histories ensure that the words of these pioneers live on to tell future generations about the excitement and lessons of space exploration. Oral history interviews began in the summer of 1997, and since that time more than 675 individuals have participated in the NASA Oral History projects.

Complete list of participants
(listed by project)

The STS Recordation Oral History Project involves the collection of history from key individuals formerly and currently associated with the agency’s Space Shuttle Program (SSP), focusing on the Space Shuttle Orbiter and its related components. These interviews include information on a number of Space Shuttle Program aspects from concept development to retirement, and focus on design, hardware evolution, and changes in response to the two Space Shuttle accidents.

In addition, the JSC Space Shuttle Program Tacit Knowledge Capture Project was commissioned by the JSC Chief Knowledge Officer and the Space Shuttle Program Manager, and includes twenty interviews with current and former key members of the Space Shuttle Program.

In conjunction with the NASA JSC Oral History Project, oral history sessions were conducted for the NASA Headquarters History Office: Administrators; NACA; Herstory; Earth System Science; Aviatrix Pioneers; Ballistic Missile Development Pioneers.

Also an Oral History Project was conducted to capture the experiences from those individuals involved with the Shuttle-Mir Program (ISS Phase 1).

The audio recordings are located at The University of Houston - Clear Lake in the JSC History Collection.

The transcripts have been exported to individual Adobe Acrobat PDF files for easy searching and viewing. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

Signed releases from the participants are located in the JSC History Collection.

The audio documentary, Apollo 8: Earth's Rise to a New Era, features excerpts of oral histories combined with a narration to present a unique perspective on a venture that resulted in humankind's first voyage to another celestial body.

JSC Oral History Transcripts
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/oral_histories.htm

Images

These links provide access to many of the NASA image collections.

Great Images from NASA's History
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/

JSC Human Spaceflight Media Gallery
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html

NASA Image Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html

NASA Multimedia Gallery
http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html