By Topic
- 524
- Doomed Expedition To The South Pole, 1912
- Extracts from the journal of Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Scott describe the final days of his failed expedition.
- 526
- Antarctic Explorers: Ernest Shackleton
- Biography and detailed overview of Shackleton's expeditions.
- 527
- The James Caird Society
- Charity named after one of Shackleton's vessels. Illustrated expedition summary, with information, news, and publications.
- 528
- The Soviet Manned Lunar Program
- The evolution of the plan to land cosmonauts on the moon, with references.
- 529
- Virtual Space Museum
- An online multimedia museum devoted to the Russian space program. Includes timelines and 3D spacecraft models in VRML.
- 530
- Why the Soviets Never Beat the U.S. to the Moon
- A Soviet space expert discusses how recently declassified material confirms his painstaking discoveries over decades about why the Soviet Union was unable to win the space race.
- 531
- NASA History Office
- Current events; index of sites covering history of major aeronautic and astronautic programs, key NASA and NACA (1915-1958) officials, policy documents, statistics, timeline of air and space achievements; publications; links to other resources.
- 532
- Shoot for the Moon!
- Outlines the highlights of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Space Programs from 1961 to 1972. Includes a brief bibliography.
- 533
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Virtual Tour
- Descriptions and photographs of the launch complexes and vehicles.
- 534
- Highlights of the First 100 American Human Space Flights
- A selective chronology of historically important manned space missions from 1961 to 1995. Some flights not covered.
- 535
- John Glenn: Three Orbits to History
- Presents a brief multimedia history of John Glenn's Mercury flight, the first American mission into Earth orbit. Discusses the training and technology of the Mercury Program and the events of Glenn's space flight.
- 536
- NASA Historical Archive
- Space history and information about NASA's manned missions. Mission descriptions, photos and videos of each of USA's manned space exploration missions.
- 538
- Where No Man Has Gone Before
- W.D. Compton provides a solidly researched and authoritative history of the engineering and scientific accomplishments of the Apollo program from its inception to its last mission. Includes useful appendices and an extensive bibliography.