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During training, Neil Armstrong practices attaching a Hasselblad camera to a mount on his suit. Buzz Aldrin helps him see what he's doing by raising his visor.

‘Isn’t That Something!’: Looking Back at the Moon Landing (in Photos)

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the first spaceflight to put humans on the moon. We went into the NASA archives of the Apollo 11 mission to remember the uncertainty and wonder of that week in 1969.

Maxine Speier

Students gather on the University of California–Santa Barbara campus for a candlelight vigil for those affected by the tragedy in Isla Vista on May 24th, 2014.

Social Justice

Archiving Grief Five Years After the Isla Vista Attacks

A misogyny-fueled killing spree spurred reams of news coverage. Now an online archive aims to allow a community to tell its own story of grief.

Jack Denton

Saving the Library Before It Burns

An archive works to conserve the stories of the 1947 Partition of India.

Ariel Ramchandani

A highway outside Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 17th, 2018.

Has Hurricane Florence Destroyed Records of America’s Slave Trade?

Historical archives housed in universities, courthouses, and local libraries are at heightened risk from flooding and mold.

Sophie Yeo

How to Protect Rare Books and Manuscripts From the Ravages of Climate Change

Almost all American archives are at risk from disasters or changing temperatures. Community history will probably be the first to go.

Sophie Yeo

Social Justice

The Minds Solving the Giant Puzzle the Stasi Left Behind

Meet the employees piecing together the shredded remnants of surveillance and secrecy in East Germany.

Sukhada Tatke

Education

How to Hold a World of Tweets

The U.S. Library of Congress is blazing a trail in determining how to store an ever-expanding trove of information that never had physical form.

Emily Badger

Social Justice

Digital Disappearance

Never has the world historical and cultural record been more accessible — or more fragile.

Melinda Burns