The story of Every Mission to the Moon.
I'm a graphic designer, historian, and data geek. For more than twenty years I've made original information-art prints through HistoryShots, each one designed to tell an entire history in a single view. My goal never changes, create a piece intriguing enough to pull you into its orbit, clear enough to take in at a glance, and accurate enough to serve as a reference.
One of the first pieces I designed, Race to the Moon, charted the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to land humans on the Moon. I had wanted to revisit the subject for years, and finally found the time to do it. It feels especially timely, too, as the Moon has once again become a place of intense activity and ambition. This time, I traced every lunar mission, from the earliest attempts in 1958 to those still to come.
AtlasLuna grew out of the research for my new print, MoonBound. As I collected more data and notes for the graphic, it became clear that the material deserved a home of its own. AtlasLuna is that home, a catalog of every mission to the Moon, past, present, and planned. Browse them all, filter and sort by country, era, outcome, or mission type, compare missions side by side, and go as deep as you like on any one of them.
The catalog is built from primary resources and government sources: NASA's records and chronicles and the agencies that flew the missions. You can see what I drew from on the Sources page. If you spot an error, please let me know through the Contact page.
The new print, MoonBound, is available at HistoryShots.
Thank you,
Larry