NASA recently started a partnership with Flickr Commons, called
NASA on the Commons, that expands public access to the Agency's many photos of the space program. For instance, the photo to the right, showing former President Johnson as he watches the launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969, is from this new site.
This is just one of many vehicles for getting photos out to the rest of us. In addition to NASA's own webpage, the Agency also created
NASAimages.org, which has photographs and films related to the space program. To date, the collection is more extensive than NASA on the Commons.
To the left is one of the photos from NASA.images.org. This August 2006 photo shows astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, as he is photographed during a almost 6 hour excursion that he shared with European Space Agency astronaut Thomas A. Reiter.
Such photos, combined with the various IMAX films shown around the country, can hopefully stimulate additional interest in space as the President and Congress chart the future of our space program. We have much to be proud of and I look forward to many more fascinating photos on these websites.
