Dave Akin, University
of Maryland Space Systems Laboratory. This Web site includes
course Web pages for ENAE 483 (Principles of Space Systems Design),
ENAE 697 (Space Human Factors and Life Support) and ENAE 791 (Launch
and Entry Vehicle Design).
Jim Hillhouse (editor), America Space. This Web site
publishes detailed articles, some of which are historical
retrospectives on activities in the American and Soviet space
programs.
Johnson Space Center, Oral
History Program. This site contains PDF transcripts of more than
1,000 oral history interviews focused on human space flight, many of
which are were conducted with Apollo-era participants. A few of these
are also available on video through C-SPAN.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, The
Bay of Pigs. This Web site introduces the background of the
unsuccessful invasion of Cuba that President Kennedy authorized, and
it includes an extensive collection of declassified memoranda that
document that decision. The failed invasion, a significant setback in
the third month of the Kennedy administration, occurred five weeks
before the decision to go to the Moon.
Roger D. Lanius, Apollo: A Retrospective
Analysis, NASA Monographs in Aerospace History, 1994. This book
contains an extensive political history of the decision to go to the
moon.
Moon Base
Clavius. A Web site with extensive analysis of Apollo Program
materials, particularly from the perspective of conspiracy theories.
NASA, NASA Technical Reports
Server. This system contains many hundreds of scanned technical
documents from the Apollo era that are available for free, and
descriptions of thousands more that can be scanned on request (for a
fee).
NASA Engineering and Safety Center, NESC Academy. This
collection of videos includes detailed engineering discussions of a
number of aspects of the Apollo Program (search on Apollo).
Kevin Serling (Producer), Moon
Beat, DVD, 2009. This movie includes interviews with several
reporters who covered the moon landings.
Bill Tindall, Tindallgrams. This is a set of
memoranda written by addressing Apollo mission procedures. These are
remarkably readable and engaging for their genre.
W. David Woods, How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Second Edition),
Springer-Praxis, 2011, available through the University Libraries.
This book provides a detailed walkthrough of the mechanics of an
Apollo mission.
