MVST - Moon Landing: Home

A history not only of the moon landing, but of the political landscape that got us up there.

Before Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, Apollo 8 took us around the moon. This is the science and the story behind getting Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders to the far side of the moon and back.

Take a look at the early NASA flights from the Mission Control Director's seat - including things you might not know went wrong and how our entry into spaceflight might have gone better. 

A look at the "Human Calculators" who helped to win the space race.

Discusses the politics, science and pitfalls of the space race, culminating in the moon landing. 

Another look at the space race. 

A children's book discussing the entire Apollo program.

A picture book about the moon landing from the point of view of the Moon itself.

A children's book about the Moon.

A children's book looking at the science of being on the moon from the perspective of a child's birthday party.

A beginning reader book about a school field trip to the Moon. 

You've heard of Curiosity, but do you remember Phoenix? A humorous, slightly irreverent look at the challenges of the Phoenix Mars Lander, including a night shift that begins a different hour each day and the hazards of NASA bureaucracy.

Discusses the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.

A children's book narrated in the voice of the Curiosity Rover as she explores and experiments her way across the surface of Mars.

The Curiosity Rover celebrates her birthday on Mars.

A children's book by a former astronaut about what living on Mars might be like in the future.

A trip to the Red Planet to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell". 

A look at the possible future of space travel.

The story of Peter Diamandis and his attempt to use the XPRIZE to bring space flight into the civilian sector.

A discussion of colonizing space and humankind's future among the stars.

Children's biography of Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon.

A biography of Neil Armstrong, focusing on his childhood.

A children's biography of Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and painter.

Children's biography of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins - the astronaut who orbit the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed.

Memoir of John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth.

A Canadian astronaut talks about the lessons he learned going to space and how to apply them back here on the planet.

Biography of Sally Ride, first American woman in space.

Biography of Sally Ride, first American woman in space.

A children's book about the New Horizons mission to explore Pluto and the outer edges of the solar system.

Forty years of the Voyager mission from a scientist who was there for all of it. 

Children's book - Planets and other things encountered by Voyager. 

A children's history of space exploration. 

Find out what it took to build the International Space Station, and what it's really like being up there. 

What does it take to get into space? Learn about the steps it takes as one astronaut trains for her space mission. 

Fun trivia about the challenges and weirdnesses of going to space. 

Children's book about robots used to study space.

A children's book on space travel, including related experiments that kids can do here on Earth. 

A children's history of rockets and space travel from the discovery gunpowder to solar sails. 

True story - two kids send a LEGO man on a rocket trip. 

You've read about the space program - now try drawing it!