Over 8,400 NASA Apollo moon mission photos just landed online, in high-resolution by Xeni Jardin.
From the post:
Space fans, rejoice: today, just about every image captured by Apollo astronauts on lunar missions is now on the Project Apollo Archive Flickr account. There are some 8,400 photographs in all at a resolution of 1800 dpi, and they’re sorted by the roll of film they were on.
The Project Apollo Archive is also on Facebook. They’ll be showcasing new renderings of some of the best imagery, and other rare images including Apollo 11 training photos.
The Apollo astronauts were sent to the moon with Hasselblad cameras, and the resulting prints have been painstakingly restored for contemporary high-resolution screens for this wonderful archival project.
Long live space.
Tear yourself away from news feeds humming with the latest non-events accompanied by screaming headlines.
The U.S. space program did not unify everyone and there were a multitude of problems (still present) on the ground.
But, it represents what can be achieved by a government that isn’t trying to avoid blame for random and unpreventable acts.