The NASA History Program was first established in 1959 (a year after NASA itself was formed) and has continued to document and preserve the agency's remarkable history through a variety of products.

Interviews and Oral History Oral history transcripts (Open the PDF, and click either on the PDF symbol or the Record Number to open.)

This is the raw transcript provided by NASA to the press during the mission. No copyright is asserted. The corrected transcript which forms the foundation of the Apollo 14 Lunar Surface Journal is …

Other Resources National Archives (NARA) has more than 200 item and series-level entries for NASA's animals in space. 1. Please go to www.archives.gov. 2. Click on "Research Our Records." 3. Click on …

But every time there was a launch, it was like the world was coming apart. It was completely different. RUSNAK: When you got into NASA, it was at the beginning of the Gemini Program. Mercury had …

It is the purpose of this history to recount one chapter in this explor­ ation, as a small contribution to the store of knowledge about America's first voyages on the new ocean of space. I am grateful to the …

by C.H. Woodling PDF version courtesy Andrew Pedrick and Steve Garber, NASA HQ History Office.

Reminded all that NACA, an admirable government agency, was renamed NASA. After decision to launch astronauts on military rockets, NASA agreed to manage the program but said that (with one …

History Collection. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Houston, TX. Carpenter, M. Scott, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter …

January 1986 put all flights and crew assignments on hold. She was asked to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, chaired by William P. Rogers. In 2003, …