History of Science: Special Topics: The Moon!
Moon
The Office of Public Affairs has provided several extra DVD copies of
volume 3 of "Rice University on film" [videorecording] / produced by
Rice University.
This contains clips from the Kennedy speech in a short program titled
"Why Go to the Moon?" along with other video productions about Rice
,
call number:LD4711 .R32 R527
Web Links
- Astromaterials Curation at NASARocks and Soils from the moon!
- Google MoonThis site provides "a mosaic of landing site images and a tour of the Apollo landings" on the moon. Click to zoom in on the landing sites for the "six missions of the Apollo Program, which lasted from 1963 to 1972." Also includes a FAQ and a relief map showing moon elevations. From Google, in partnership with scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center.
- Apollo Lunar Surface JournalTranscripts of the Apollo lunar missions 11-17 are presented here, with most of them separated into convenient chapters such as "landing day."
- Dateline MoonExplores the "roles that the media and news technology played in the space race." Includes information on the Lunar TV Camera (Stan Leber, Westinghouse Electric Corporation) and its impact on television news reporting (satellites, live coverage), front page newspaper headlines of the walk on the moon, "fun facts" and discussion questions, and timelines of the space race (1957-1969) and space program (1975-1997). From the Newseum .
- Lunar MeteoritesQuestions and answers about "lunar meteorites, or lunaites, [which] are meteorites from the Moon. In other words, they are rocks found on Earth that were ejected from the Moon by the impact of an asteroidal meteoroid or possibly a comet." Includes images, references to journal articles, a list of lunar meteorites, a gallery of "meteorwrongs" (rocks mistakenly identified as meteorites), and related material. From a lunar geochemist at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Apollo to the Moon
Devoted to the Apollo project and the quest to land a man on the moon. Includes articles on the space race, President Kennedy, Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing, and what came after Apollo 11; photographs and information on lunar rocks; a list of artifacts connected to the space race; and a timeline (1957 to 1975). From the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Books
- The day we found the universe / Marcia Bartusiak QB15 .B37 2009
- Voices from the moon : Apollo astronauts describe their lunar experiences / Andrew Chaikin with Victoria Kohl. TL799 .M6 C434 2009
- The Sun and The Moon/ Matthew Goodman. QB 581.9 .G66 2008
- Observing the Moon/ Gerald North. 2nd Edition. QB 581.N67 2007
- The Planets/ Dava Sobel. QB601 .S63 2005
- Lunar Exploration: Human Pioneers and Robotic Surveyors/ Paolo Ulivi QB582.5 .U44 2004
- The moon : a biography / David Whitehouse. QB581 .W54 2001
- Observing the moon : a practical guide for amateurastronomers / Peter T. Wlasuk. QB581 .W63 2000
- Observing the moon : the modern astronomer's guide /Gerald North. QB581 .N67 2000
- To a rocky moon : a geologist's history of lunar exploration / Don E. Wilhelms. QB592 .W54 1999
Moon Photos
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