NASA Missions provides an overview of ongoing NASA projects. NASA Acronyms lists most of the acronyms you will find in NASA publications. NASA Sites lists NASA's space centers and major websites. For specific NASA domain and subdomain links and search, use the QuickSciTech NASA Search & Links page., Try the JPL Site Directory if you want to find websites for planetary & other projects run by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or try the JPL search form on the QuickSciTech Planet News page.
NASA Search allows you to search almost 2 million documents on ALL National Aeronautics and Space Administration websites with one entry. Enter words or phrases, and try to be specific (you will get many results).
Searching NASA with Google shows that NASA has over 20 million web pages and other online files, spread across hundreds of subdomains (plus pages at non-NASA.gov domains). This makes finding things difficult. NASA changes their URLs and search forms far too often without link redirects.
Making things worse, NASA has created new unified homesites for their Centers. Thus Google shows 11,600 results at "nasa.gov/centers/johnson". But Google still reports 369,000 results at "jsc.nasa.gov".
Space Photo Search: GReat Images in Nasa (GRIN) "contains many, but not all of the most popular images from NASA’s history. It also contains important historical images that you may not have seen before". GRIN images are available in 4 resolutions, from about 80 pixels to about 2700 pixels wide. You can browse GRIN by Subject or Center.
NASA Photo Search: Nasa Image eXchange (NIX) is a web-based search engine for simultaneously searching 17 different NASA online image collections. This search is wider than GRIN (and slower), but does not always offer the hi-res images that GRIN provides. Advanced Search
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NASA News
Google Usenet Newsgroups
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Countdown Creations
is a leading retailer of space T-shirts, apparel, and gifts, including NASA t-shirts, space station gear, astronaut flight suits, mission patches and caps, and more.
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The
JSC Digital Image Collection is a searchable archive of more than 9000 NASA manned space program press release photos from the Mercury program to the STS-79 Shuttle mission. See also the
JSC Human Spaceflight Gallery, which has Shuttle and Space Station images since STS-82, and the
KSC Shuttle Photo and Video Archive.
Earth From Space provides a searchable selection of the
best photos of the world from orbit.
The
Gateway to Astronaut Photography lets you search by location for photos of the Earth taken by astronauts.
The
Encyclopedia Astronautica is the most complete space reference on the Internet, listing spacecraft, launch vehicles, engines, astronauts, flights, and more, with stats and photos.
NASA Watch offers NASA news, press releases, and status reports.
NASA History, Space Exploration History
The
NASA History Office
has countless pages of history information and images to view, accessible from this subject listing page, or keyword searchable.
Project Apollo
ApolloSaturn.com is a very nice independent reference to the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicles that took men to the moon.
The Apollo Program from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, is an online exhibit covering the entire Apollo lunar landing program. And
The Project Apollo Archive is a similar site, with a large archive of nice photos.
The
Apollo Lunar Surface Journal covers all lunar landing missions, with links to most of the best materials available, including photos and .pdf files.
Apollo Mission Traverse Maps from the USGS show the EVA paths from Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15.
S/CAT Remembered is a site about the Grumman factory and team that built the Apollo Lunar Modules, including photos of LM construction. Also see NorthropGrumman's
Lunar Module 15th Anniversary page.
A Field Guide to American Spacecraft shows the current locations (or states the final disposition) of most US spacecraft, including Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, boilerplates, trainers, Lunar Modules, etc., plus X-15s and more. For example, the Lunar Module built for cancelled Apollo 18 is at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Mitchell Field, Long Island, NY, and the LM for cancelled Apollo 20 was scrapped (how dumb can they be?). But whatever happened to the LM for cancelled Apollo 19 is
unknown.
My Little Space Museum has good photos of and info about Apollo lunar spacesuits, the cancelled Soviet manned moon landing program, and more.
The Mission Transcript Collection in .pdf format
The Mission Transcript Collection
"The Mission Transcript Collection: US Human Spaceflight Missions from Mercury Redstone 3 to Apollo 17", is the online access to CD-ROMs (no longer available) containing full transcripts (in .pdf format) from every manned space flight from the first Mercury mission to the final Apollo mission. This is almost 45,000 pages of presumably uncensored text, from both air to ground transmissions and onboard voice recorders. The original URL for this material went dead a couple years ago, but is now online at a new address. An alternate URL now also links to the collection: NASA-JSC Mission Transcripts Collection.
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NASA Books (NASA Special Publications) & NASA Articles Online
Some of the books below are Adobe .pdf files, which are nice for reading materials offline. If you would like to read NASA's .html online books, like most of those below, when you are offline, you can "harvest" the pages and images for free using HTTrack, a very useful freeware website capture and offline browsing tool. HTTrack also works well with groups of .pdf files linked to from a page or directory.
NASA Aerospace Science & Technology Dictionary
Rocketplane Books
Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program 173-page, 20.51 MB .pdf file
Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane
is a 130 page .pdf file.
X-15 Research Results, SP-60 (1964),
summarizes 119 X-15 flights from 1958 to 1964. The three X-15s flew to over 300,000 feet, and exceeded Mach 6, while exceeding Mach 5 on fifty flights.
Transiting from Air to Space: The North American X-15
is a chapter from The Hypersonic Revolution (1998)
Proceedings of the X-15 First Flight 30th Anniversary Celebration CP-3105 (1991)
The X-15 Program in Retrospect lecture by John V. Becker (1968)
Project Mercury Books
Project Mercury: A Chronology SP-4001
This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury SP-4201 (1963)
Results of the Second U.S. Manned Orbital Flight, May 24, 1962 SP-6
Results of the Third U.S. Manned Orbital Flight, October 3, 1962 SP-12
Mercury Project Summary & Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital Flight SP-45 (1963)
Project Gemini Books
Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology SP-4002 (1968)
On The Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini SP-4203 (1977)
Project Apollo Books
Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference SP-4029 (2001)
Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations SP-4204 (1978)
Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles, SP-4206 (1996), describes the development of the Saturn I, IB, and V launch vehicles that carried the Apollo spacecraft.
The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, SP-4009 (1975), dates every step in the design, development, construction, and use of the Apollo lunar spacecraft, from ideas in 1923 to the final lunar landing in 1974.
Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft, SP-4205 (1979), describes the development of the Apollo Command, Service, and Lunar Modules from 1957 to July, 1969.
LM-5 Structures is a 61-page .pdf with drawings and descriptions of the structures of the Lunar Module, specifically detailing the Eagle LM used in the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Lunar Roving Vehicle is a 14-page .pdf with drawings and descriptions of the Lunar Rover used during the Apollo 17 lunar explorations.
Apollo Expeditions to the Moon SP-350 (1975)
Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration SP-4214 (1989)
LPI Apollo Image Atlas almost 25,000 lunar images, + earth, astronauts & hardware
Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit SP-362 (1978)
"Before This Decade is Out...": Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program SP-4223 (1999)
What Made Apollo a Success? SP-287 (1970)
Key Apollo Source Documents page links to 11 .pdf files
Enchanted Rendezvous:
John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Concept,
Monograph 4 (1995), is a 78-page, 1.84 MB .pdf file.
Project Apollo: The Tough Decisions, Monograph 37, SP-4537 (2005),
is a 174-page, 2 MB .pdf file.
JSC Apollo Program Summary Report, JSC-09423 (1975),
page linking to 10 .pdf sections of the full report, 4-6 MB each
An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program Monograph 2 (1994)
Skylab Books
Skylab: A Chronology SP-4011 (1977)
Skylab: Our First Space Station SP-400 (1977)
Skylab: A Guidebook EP-107
Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab SP-4208 (1978)
Skylab: Classroom in Space SP-401 (1977)
Skylab's Astronomy and Space Sciences SP-404 (1979)
A New Sun: The Solar Results from Skylab SP-402 (1979)
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Books
The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project SP-4209 (1978)
Space Shuttle Books
Shuttle Crew Operations Manual: Section 2: Systems
676 pages (of the full 1,176 page manual), 20 MB .pdf, also available in separate chapters
Shuttle Operational Data Book page links to 54 .pdf files
of engineering drawings detailing the Shuttle Orbiter structure.
Shuttle Payload Bay User's Guide is a 3.5MB, 255-page .pdf.
Space Shuttle Avionics System SP-504 (1989) from STSLiftoff.com
Space Shuttle Reference Manual
Upgrading the Space Shuttle is the full text of a 1999 report
from the National Research Council Committee on Space Shuttle Upgrades.
Toward a History of the Space Shuttle: An Annotated Bibliography is a very complete list of categorized and annotated Space Shuttle history text references. Many books and periodicals are listed, there are no web links.
The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle SP-4221 (1999)
Space Shuttle SP-407 (1976)
The Space Shuttle At Work SP-432 (1979)
STS-51L Challenger Rogers Commission Report (1986)
Personal Observations on the Reliability of the Shuttle is the full text of Richard Feynman's addendum to the Challenger Commission report on the catastrophic loss of a Shuttle and seven lives on January 28, 1986.
Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, .pdf: low-res 10MB - 28MB - 175MB hi-res
International Space Station Books (ISS Books)
Together in Orbit: The Origins of International Participation in the Space Station,
Monograph 11, is a 56-page .pdf file.
ISS Phase I: Shuttle-Mir Program Joint Report, SP-6108 (1999),
is a 324-page, 4.64 MB .pdf file.
EVA: Extra-Vehicular Activity
Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology is a 156-page, 3.42 MB .pdf file.
Future Manned Projects
Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century symposium papers (1984)
Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000
Space Transportation Architecture Study Results page links to 4 .pdf files & 3 slide shows.
Space Medicine Books, Space Biology Books, & Related Subjects
Space Medicine In Project Mercury SP-4003 (1965)
Biomedical Results of Apollo SP-368 (1975)
Biomedical Results from Skylab (1975)
The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned Space Program to 1980 SP-4213 (1985)
History of Research in Space Biology and Biodynamics
at the USAF Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, New Mexico 1946-1958
Living Aloft: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight SP-483 (1985)
Aerospace Food Technology SP-202 (1969)
Books on Satellites, Lunar Probes, Interplanetary Probes, & Related Subjects
Exploring Space With a Camera SP-168 (1968)
Vanguard: A History SP-4202 (1970)
Beyond The Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication SP-4217 (1997)
Low Cost Innovation in Spaceflight:
The History of the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission,
Monograph 36, SP-4536 (2005), is an 86-page, 3.33 MB .pdf file.
Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger SP-4210 (1977)
LPI Ranger Photographs of the Moon
text & images from SP-61, SP-62, SP-63, SP-111, & SP-112, (1964-66)
two 4.6 MB .pdf files & many jpegs
LPI Lunar Map Catalog
LPI Consolidated Lunar Atlas
Destination Moon: A History of the Lunar Orbiter Program TM-3487 (1977)
LPI Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon 675 photos + annotations
The Planetary Quarantine Program SP-4902 (1974)
On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978 SP-4212 (1984)
The Martian Landscape SP-425 (1978)
Viking Orbiter Views of Mars SP-441 (1980)
The Voyage of Mariner 10: Mission to Venus and Mercury SP-424 (1978)
Atlas of Mercury, SP-423 (1978), from Mariner 10 images
Magellan: The Unveiling of Venus JPL 400-345 (1989)
Far Travelers: The Exploring Machines SP-480 (1985)
Pioneer Odyssey, SP-349/396 (1977), about the Pioneer 10 Jupiter flyby
Voyager 1 and 2 Atlas of Six Saturnian Satellites SP-474 (1984)
Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 SP-4227 (2001)
To read Uplink-Downlink offline, go to the SP-4227 directory and use HTTrack to download.
Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series page linking to 6 .pdf tech books
General Space Exploration History Articles & Documents
Exploring the Unknown:
Selected Documents in the History of the US Civil Space Program, SP-4407,
is in 6 volumes. Only Volumes 3-6 are available online, and Volume 5 can only be downloaded in pieces (almost 100 separate .pdf files).
Volume III: Using Space is a 626-page, 2.81 MB .pdf file.
Volume IV: Accessing Space is a 712-page, 4.01 MB .pdf file.
Volume V: Exploring the Cosmos can be read online at this URL.
To read v5 offline, go to the vol5 directory and use HTTrack to download.
Volume VI: Space and Earth Science is a 780-page, 6.19 MB .pdf file.
Space Technology History Books
The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor,
SP-4026, is a translation of a book published in German in 1929
Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959 SP-4404 (1978)
Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience NASW-3714 (1988)
NASA's Nuclear Frontier:
The Plum Brook Reactor Facility, SP-4533 (2004), is a 6.89 MB .pdf file
The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF): Mission 1 Experiments SP-473 (1984)
Space Science Books & Related Subjects
From Engineering Science to Big Science:
The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners SP-4219 (1998)
Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science SP-4211 (1980)
First Among Equals: The Selection of NASA Space Science Experiments SP-4215 (1991)
Science in Orbit: The Shuttle & Spacelab Experience: 1981-1986 NP-119 (1988)
The Case of Ozone Depletion, Monograph 38, SP-4538 (2005), is a 74-page, 2.15 MB .pdf file
The Impact of Science on Society by James Burke, Jules Bergman, & Isaac Asimov,
SP-482 (1985), is a 98-page, 4.79 MB .pdf file
Astronomy Books, Planetary Geology Books, & Related Subjects
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics Zombeck, Cambridge (1990)
The Foundations of Celestial Mechanics Collins (2004) 11 .pdf files
The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics Collins (2003) 18 .pdf files
Images of the solar upper atmosphere from SUMER on SOHO Battrick (2003) 12 .pdf files
Evolution of the Solar System SP-345 (1976)
Chondrules and their Origins papers (1983)
Origin of the Moon conference papers (1984)
Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets (1981)
Planetary Geology in the 1980s SP-467 (1985)
The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories SP-466 (1984)
Next Generation Space Telescope Engineering Monographs page links to 8 .pdf files
Project Orion: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar Planets SP-436 (1980)
Life in the Universe CP-2156 (1981)
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence SP-419 (1977)
Fundamental Numerical Methods and Data Analysis Collins (2003) 10 .pdf files
The Virial Theorem in Stellar Astrophysics Collins (1978) 6 .pdf files
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (in Latin) Nicolaus Copernicus (1543) 7 .pdf files
Astronomię Instauratę Mechanica (in Latin) Tycho Brahe (1602) 35 .pdf files
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, Volume VIII
Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution Volume I
Core List of Astronomy Books Bryson (2003)
Core List of Astronomy and Physics Journals Bryson (2003)
Aviation Books & Related Subjects
Introduction to the Aerodynamics of Flight SP-367 (1975)
Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft SP-468 (1985)
Flight Research at Ames, 1940-1997 SP-3300 (1998)
Airborne Trailblazer: Two Decades With NASA Langley's 737 Flying Laboratory SP-4216
Wind Tunnels of NASA SP-440 (1981)
Model Research: Volumes 1 & 2 SP-4103 (1985)
The High Speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950 SP-445 (1980)
Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA's Pioneering Digital Fly-by-Wire Project
197-page .pdf file.
American X-Vehicles: An Inventory, X-1 to X-50, Monograph 31, SP-4531 (2003),
is a 1.09 MB, 65-page .pdf file.
The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft, Monograph 17,
is a 2.42 MB, 222-page .pdf file.
Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at Dryden,
Monograph 16 (1999), is a 1.28 MB, 62-page .pdf file.
NASA History Books
Research in NASA History: A Guide to the NASA History Program 74-page, 1 MB .pdf
Orders of Magnitude A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 SP-4406 (1989)
NASA's Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age Monograph 10 (1998)
Legislative Origins of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 Monograph 8 (1998),
71-page .pdf file
Space Handbook: Astronautics and its Applications House Doc. # 86 (1959)
NASA Historical Data Books, Volumes 3-6 SP-4012 (1988)
NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968: A Historical Summary SP-4401 (1971)
Origins of NASA Names SP-4402 (1976)
Suddenly Tomorrow Came... A History of the Johnson Space Center SP-4307 (1993),
20 .pdf files
Power to Explore: A History of the Marshall Space Flight CenterSP-4313 (1999),
27 .pdf files
NASA Engineers and the Age of Apollo SP-4104 (1992)
Engineer In Charge:
A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 SP-4305 (1987)
Spaceflight Revolution:
NASA Langley Research Center From Sputnik to Apollo SP-4308 (1995)
Adventures in Research: A History of Ames Research Center 1940-1965 SP-4302 (1970)
Searching the Horizon: A History of Ames Research Center 1940-1976 SP-4304 (1985)
Atmosphere of Freedom: Sixty Years at the NASA Ames Research Center SP-4314 (2000)
Engines and Innovation:
Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology SP-4306 (1991)
The Spoken Word: Recollections of Dryden History, The Early Years, SP-4530 (2003),
is a 142-page, 4.17 MB .pdf file
NASA Management Books
Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter SP-4901
Managing NASA in the Apollo Era SP-4102 (1982)
NASA Online Book Resources
NASA Library: NASA Documents Online is no longer being updated
NASA History Series Publications does not link to all available online versions
NASA History Divison New Publications List
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