Showcase · History and facts

A history page, posting facts from the record

This sample runs Today in History, a facts page built only on archival NASA photographs and the public record. The goal is posters and photo stories that stay true to the source, with every date and name taken from the record and nothing invented for effect.

Real archival photos, rendered into posters and photo stories. Nothing invented.

Showcase, history and facts. Today in History, told true. Real archival photos from NASA and the public record, rendered into posters and photo stories. Nothing invented. Formats: Single Poster, Photo Story Slideshow.

Samples

The finished posts and reels.

  • Today in History poster: Man Walks on the Moon. Aldrin steps onto the Moon, 19 minutes after Armstrong, on 20 July 1969.Sample

    Man Walks on the Moon

    Poster

  • Sample

    Apollo 11: To the Moon and Back

    Reel · press play

Formats

The formats behind them.

  • Image · renders today

    Single Poster

    One strong image with a text band underneath, holding the title, the hook and the opening line of the story.

    See its zones

  • Reel · coming next

    Photo Story Slideshow

    Up to ten photos with a slow pan and zoom, each with its own caption, telling one story from start to end.

    See its zones

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Where the material came from

Every photograph in this sample comes from the NASA Image and Video Library. NASA photographs are in the public domain [10].

  • AS11-40-5903, Aldrin on the lunar surface, 20 July 1969: photo by Neil Armstrong, NASA [1]
  • S69-31740, the official crew portrait of Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin: NASA [2]
  • S69-39961, the Saturn V liftoff from Pad 39A, 16 July 1969: NASA [3]
  • AS11-44-6550, Earth rising above the lunar horizon: the Apollo 11 crew, NASA [4]
  • AS11-44-6581, the lunar module Eagle in lunar orbit: photo by Michael Collins, NASA [5]
  • AS11-40-5878, a bootprint in the lunar soil: photo by Buzz Aldrin, NASA [6]
  • AS11-40-5875, Aldrin beside the flag: photo by Neil Armstrong, NASA [7]
  • S69-21783, the command module Columbia hoisted aboard USS Hornet, 24 July 1969: NASA [8]
  • S70-17433, the ticker-tape parade for the crew in New York, 13 August 1969: NASA [9]

NASA and the astronauts shown do not endorse Content OS.

The dates, names and captions come from the record that travels with each photograph, and the page never invents a detail to make a better hook. How the daily story is picked and posted is on the Pilot OS page.

Sources

  1. NASA, AS11-40-5903: Aldrin on the lunar surface, photo by Neil ArmstrongAccessed
  2. NASA, S69-31740: official Apollo 11 crew portraitAccessed
  3. NASA, S69-39961: Saturn V liftoff, Pad 39AAccessed
  4. NASA, AS11-44-6550: Earth rising above the lunar horizonAccessed
  5. NASA, AS11-44-6581: lunar module Eagle in lunar orbit, photo by Michael CollinsAccessed
  6. NASA, AS11-40-5878: bootprint in the lunar soil, photo by Buzz AldrinAccessed
  7. NASA, AS11-40-5875: Aldrin beside the flag, photo by Neil ArmstrongAccessed
  8. NASA, S69-21783: Columbia hoisted aboard USS HornetAccessed
  9. NASA, S70-17433: ticker-tape parade for the Apollo 11 crewAccessed
  10. NASA media usage guidelinesAccessed

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