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NASA Historical Documents Project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

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 Program
SP-4209 The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Ezell, Edward Clinton and Linda Neuman Ezell 1978 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
SP-4210 Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger Hall, R. Cargill 1977 Project Ranger
SP-4211 Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Science Newell, Homer E. 1980 Space Science
SP-4214 Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions Compton, W. David 1989 Apollo Program