Apollo-Era Documents

Technical documents that describe exploration strategies, equipment, and geological tools used to explore the lunar surface, plus Apollo landing site descriptions and Apollo mission summaries.

White House Documents

President Kennedy, Rice University, Houston TX, September 12, 1962

Transcript of speech (“We choose to go to the Moon.”)

NASA film of speech

Lunar Landers

Lunar Rovers

Orbiting Command Modules

Spacesuits

Science Instruments

Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP)* Reports

Status reports on the operation of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package.

*See our ALSEP Documents page for additional material.

Geological Tools

Catalog of Apollo Lunar Surface Geologic Sampling Tools and Containers (1989)

NASA-JSC document number JSC-23454, J. H. Allton, 97 pages.

Preliminary Science Reports

Landing Site Studies and Lunar Surface Operations

Miscellaneous