View every picture taken on U.S. moon missions here

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Screenshot of Project Apollo Archive account on Flickr.

Satisfying the urges of moon gazers around the world, the privately-run Project Apollo Archive has just uploaded a trove of thousands of photographs taken on U.S. moon missions to its Flickr account.

Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B - EVA-1 & 3 via Project Apollo Archive.

Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 134/B – EVA-1 & 3 via Project Apollo Archive.

The project was first created in 1999 by Kipp Teague, the director of administrative systems and network services at Lynchburg College in Virginia and features historical images from NASA, the Kennedy Space Center, and the Johnson Space Center.

Screenshot of Project Apollo Archive account on Flickr.

Screenshot of Project Apollo Archive account on Flickr.

The latest additions include previously unprocessed photographs taken with Hasselblad cameras mounted the chests of astronaut spacesuits. Teague said that the collection includes every photograph taken on the lunar surface by astronauts, the Planetary Society reported.

Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 148/NN - Earth, LM Inspection, Orbital.

Apollo 17 Hasselblad image from film magazine 148/NN – Earth, LM Inspection, Orbital.

The photographs include stunning moonscapes and new views of earth, as well as candids of astronauts inside spacecraft and working on the surface of the moon.

Screenshot of Project Apollo Archive account on Flickr.

Screenshot of Project Apollo Archive account on Flickr.