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Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
"...a record of the lunar surface operations conducted by the six pairs of astronauts who landed on the Moon from 1969 through 1972...It includes a corrected transcript of all recorded conversations between the lunar surface crews and Houston. The Journal also contains extensive, interwoven commentary by the Editor and by ten of the twelve moonwalking astronauts."
Edited by Eric M. Jones

Clementine - DSPSE
Deep Space Program Science Experiment
"Its principal objective is to space qualify lightweight imaging sensors and component technologies for the next generation of Department of Defense (DoD) spacecraft. The Clementine mission uses the Moon, a near-Earth asteroid, and the spacecraft's Interstage Adapter (ISA) as targets to demonstrate lightweight component and sensor performance. As a secondary mission, Clementine returns valuable data of interest to the international civilian scientific sector."
- Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)

• A Clementine Collection,
  "The following collection is an early sampling of the 1.8 million images acquired by the Clementine spacecraft."

Consolidated Lunar Atlas
"...by Gerald P. Kuiper, Ewen A. Whitaker, Robert G. Strom, John W. Fountain, and Stephen M. Larson is a collection of the best photographic images of the moon. These digital renditions were created and edited by Eric J. Douglass."

Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
"The Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon by Bowker and Hughes (NASA SP-206) is considered the definitive reference manual to the global photographic coverage of the Moon. The images contained within the atlas are excellent for studying lunar morphology because they were obtained at low to moderate Sun angles. This digital archive consists of the complete set of 675 plates contained in Bowker and Hughes. Images in the archive have been enhanced to display the best photo quality possible. For accuracy and usability surface feature information has been improved and updated, and multiple search capabilities added to the database."

Exploring the Moon - (dead link)
It provides information at a general level. It also offers links to more detailed information at this and other sites.
From the Lunar and Planetary Institute

John F. Kennedy Library - (dead link)

• Audio and Text of President Kennedy's Man on the Moon Speech - (dead link) (05/25/61)
  Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs - Delivered in person before a joint session of Congress. (Complete Text, Sound File Excerpt)

Kennedy Memo on Apollo Program
From CNN Space page

Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)

• Apollo Image Atlas
  "...is a collection of photographic images of the moon taken during the Apollo Saturn missions.

Lunar Prospector
"...you can find out whatever you need to know about this historic mission as well as follow Prospector in its incredible search for water ice on the lunar surface."
NASA Ames Research Center

Lunar Prospector Archives - (dead link)
"...the largest collection of lunar media in the world...It contains literally MILLIONS of images, wave files, feature length films brought to you in streaming video, artwork, and many, many relevant documents."
- NASA Ames Research Center

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The Moon
Another fine page by Bill Arnett

Moon Photo Gallery
National Space Science Data Collection

NASA Apollo 11 30th Anniversary
Sections include: Introduction ; Astronaut Comments ; Bibliographies ; Biographies ; Documents ; Galleries ; Timelines ; Links.

PBS - NOVA - To the Moon
"The program chronicles the untold science and engineering story of how we got to the moon."
Sections include: Explore the Moon ; Lunar Puzzlers (Hot Science) ; Last Man on the Moon ; Hear the Space Pioneers ; Origin ; Text ; Resources.

Smithsonian - National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
"...maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight."

• Apollo to the Moon - (dead link)
  Sections include: Racing to Space ; The Decision ; Reach the Moon ; Apollo 11 ; Later Apollo ; Later Apollo ; What We Learned.

Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures
"These 'Virtual Reality Moon Phases' were created from ray-traced images of the Moon. A Clementine spacecraft mosaic of the lunar surface was mapped onto a sphere, and scenes were rendered as a virtual Sun "orbited" the Moon. The depiction of lunar surface features suffers geometric distortion but the terminator is correct with respect to the spherical Moon."
U.S. Naval Observatory, Time Service Department