NASA Historical Documents Project
This conversion project is designed to convert many of NASA’s historical publications from scanned PDFs into modern semantic HTML versions. Our goal is to create online versions of these documents for easier viewing across multiple device types. When possible, we are also updating the photographs and drawings. If you spot an issue, please let us know at chris.griffith@gmail.com
Reference Works (SP-4000)
| Pub. Number | Title | Author | Year | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP-4001 | Project Mercury: A Chronology | Grimwood, James M. | 1963 | Project Mercury |
| SP-4002 | Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology | Grimwood, James M., and Barton C. Hacker, with Peter J. Vorzimmer | 1969 | Project Gemini |
| SP-350 | Apollo Expeditions to the Moon | Cortright, E. M. | 1975 | Apollo Program |
| SP-362 | Apollo Over the Moon: A View From Orbit | Masursky, Harold, Colton, G. W., and El-Baz, Farouk | 1978 | Apollo Program |
| SP-407 | Space Shuttle | NASA | 1976 | Apollo Program |
Project Histories (SP-4200)
| Pub. Number | Title | Author | Year | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP-4201 | This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury | Swenson, Loyd S., Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander | 1966, reprinted 1998 | Project Mercury |
| SP-4202 | Vanguard: A History | Green, Constance McLaughlin, and Milton Lomask | 1970, reprinted by Smithsonian Inst. Press 1971 | Project Vanguard |
| SP-4203 | On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini | Hacker, Barton C., and James M. Grimwood | 1977, reprinted 2002 | Project Gemini |
| SP-4204 | Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations | Benson, Charles D. and William Barnaby Faherty | 1978 | Apollo Program |
| SP-4205 | Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft | Brooks, Courtney G., James M. Grimwood, and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr. | 1979 | Apollo Program |
| SP-4206 | Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles (in-process) |
Bilstein, Roger E. | 1980 and 1996 | Apollo Program, Saturn Launch Vehicles |
| SP-4208 | Living and Working in Space: A History of Skylab (in-process) |
Compton, W. David and Charles D. Benson | 1983 | Skylab |
| SP-4211 | Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science | Newell, Homer E. | 1980 | Space Science |
General Histories (SP-4400)
| Pub. Number | Title | Author | Year | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP-4406 | Order of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915–1990 | Bilstein, Roger E. | 1989 | NACA, NASA, Survey History |
Monographs in Aerospace History (SP-4500)
| Pub. Number | Title | Author | Year | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP-4502 | An Annotated Bibliography of the Apollo Program | Launius, Roger D., and J.D. Hunley, comps. | 1994 | Apollo Program |
| SP-4503 | Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis | Launius, Roger D. | 1994, reprinted 2004 | Apollo Program |
| SP-4510 | NASA’s Origins and the Dawn of the Space Age | Portree, David S.F. | 1998 | Early NASA, Space Race |
| SP-4541 | U.S. Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961–2006 | Rumerman, Judy A., comp. | 2007 | General History |
Educational Publications (EP)
| Pub. Number | Title | Author | Year | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP-76 | Apollo 13 “Houston, we’ve got a problem.” | NASA | 1970 | Apollo Program |
| EP-156 | The Space Shuttle at Work | Allaway, Howard | 1979 | Space Shuttle Program |