Six hand-sequenced
readings of the archive.
Each collection is curated for tone, era and visual continuity — like an issue of a journal, not an algorithmic feed. Every entry links back to the originating public archive.
The Apollo Archive
From the slow plume of Saturn V ignition to the silent footprints at Tranquility Base — a chronological reading of the lunar program in twelve restored sequences.
Footage is drawn from NASA's Image & Video Library and the National Archives' motion-picture holdings, with NARA reels prioritised for the archival sequences.
Open full Apollo set on NASA ↗
00:42Earthrise — first colour view of Earth from lunar orbit
09:08Saturn V — Apollo 11 launch from KSC
11:42Tranquility Base — Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface
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06:18Apollo 12 — Alan Bean beside Surveyor III
09:24Apollo 15 — lunar rover at Hadley Rille
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12:00Apollo 17 — Taurus-Littrow EVA at the Lunar Module
14:00Apollo 11 — original press kit film
05:18Apollo-Soyuz — handshake in orbit
Earth at Night
Aurora arcs, lightning storms and the slow grid of cities seen from low-Earth orbit, sequenced from the ISS time-lapse archive and the Suomi NPP night-band products.
This collection is best viewed full-screen, with the lights down — the sequences run long on purpose.
Source — NASA SVS ↗
04:21Aurora over the Indian Ocean, ISS Expedition 40
12:00Earth at Night — 2012 city-lights composite
05:46Lightning storms over the Pacific
30:00Aurora Borealis — slow viewing loop
03:20Hurricane from orbit — VIIRS night-band
03:42Polar Mesospheric Clouds — thin bright line from ISS
Mars, in transit
Curiosity, Perseverance and orbital approaches — the planet seen as ground footage, surface panoramas and slow rover traverses across Gale and Jezero.
Where possible, sequences are sourced as raw rover product before being run through SVS's colour pipeline.
Source — Mars 2020 raw images ↗
06:08Curiosity self-portrait at Mojave site, Vera Rubin Ridge
08:18Perseverance — Jezero Crater landing approach
05:38Opportunity rover — Endurance Crater traverse
04:42Perseverance — first samples of Jezero
03:14InSight — first sounds of Mars
05:17Atlas V — Curiosity rover launch
Launch moments
Ignition through tower-clear, from Mercury-Redstone to Artemis I — every entry captured at the moment of departure, sequenced as a single sustained gesture.
NARA holdings supply the analog-era reels; the modern launches come direct from KSC's image library.
Source — NASA Image & Video Library ↗
07:33Atlantis lifts off — final flight of the Space Shuttle
09:08Apollo 11 launch — Saturn V from KSC
06:02Columbia STS-1 — first Shuttle launch
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03:48Mercury-Redstone 3 — Freedom 7 Launch
10:42Artemis I — Space Launch System Night Launch
08:36Endeavour STS-127 — full ascent
Scientific visualizations
Data rendered as motion — currents, magnetism, climate. NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio at Goddard Space Flight Center turns instrument records into legible cinema.
Where a sequence is paired with a peer-reviewed paper, we link to the SVS production page rather than to a video file.
Source — Scientific Visualization Studio ↗
03:16Saturn ring plane crossing — final orbit visualization
05:47Solar prominence eruption — multi-wavelength composite
03:00Global ocean currents — Perpetual Ocean
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07:42Global Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide — NASA SVS
05:20Greenland ice sheet — 20-year mass change
04:30Lunar South Pole — illumination map (1 lunar day)
Webb & the deep field
Cosmic Cliffs, gravitational lenses, and the early-universe surveys from the James Webb Space Telescope — paired with the Hubble heritage images that frame their context.
Wherever possible we link to the original STScI release page rather than a re-hosted asset, so the captions and credits stay attached.
Source — webb.nasa.gov ↗
05:09Webb's First Deep Field — SMACS 0723
04:54Cosmic Cliffs — Carina, infrared
06:42Carina Nebula — Webb NIRCam mosaic
03:48Stephan's Quintet — JWST NIRCam View
02:54Pillars of Creation — Hubble visualization, Eagle Nebula
04:18Hubble Ultra Deep Field — galaxy field
02:36Crab Nebula — composite remaster
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