Archival discipline, powered by AI research intelligence.
spacearchive.ai combines traditional archival practice with AI-assisted research tools to preserve, transcribe, structure, and connect the records of human spaceflight — so researchers can find what matters and build on a trusted foundation, with human review at every step.
A disciplined, multi-step workflow ensures every record is preserved with integrity, described with context, and made ready for research.
Source material from NASA, the National Archives, broadcast collections, private collectors, and other repositories.
Convert fragile VHS, cassette, DVD, and other legacy media into preservation-quality digital files.
Capture mission, date, participants, coverage type, source, and archival context.
Generate searchable transcripts with speaker labels, and annotate missions, people, events, and subjects.
Human review of metadata, transcripts, and timestamps for quality and historical accuracy.
Link records across missions, collections, people, and related events for research discovery.
AI-powered tools help you search by meaning, surface key moments, and synthesize reliable insights — always grounded in the primary source.
Search by mission, person, event, or phrase across the entire archive.
Find related material by meaning — not exact wording — then surface the most relevant transcript passages with their context and citation, so every answer stays traceable to the source.
Grounded language-model assistance for synthesis and discovery — with the source clip behind every answer.
Automated speaker diarization and timestamp alignment applied to a raw NASA press-conference audio log, then confirmed in human review.
"Tom O'Toole, Washington Post. This is the first time a gang of four is going up, and I was wondering if you guys had any special plans to stay out of each other's way."
"You know, with the old ejection seats in the cabin and the special instrumentation and all, I think it will be a little more crowded on this flight than it will be, say, on the next flight when Challenger first flies without these things in the cabin. Judging from my experience when I went up once before with a three-man crew, we'll probably queue up at the water fountain, and when it's time to see something on the ground, we'll all get in each other's way trying to get to the same window — that sort of thing."
Diarization labels and timestamps are generated automatically from the source recording, then confirmed in human review.
We follow established library and archival metadata practices for consistency and long-term interoperability.
Speaker diarization and timestamped transcripts enable quote-level retrieval for precise research.
Vector search and retrieval-augmented generation surface material by meaning, with context.
A structured public catalog plus guided research support ensure responsible access and long-term stewardship.
Mission TV, briefings, interviews, launches.
Mission audio, press conferences, loops.
Searchable, time-aligned, speaker-labeled.
Reports, flight plans, photos, references.
Firsthand accounts from those involved.
Themed sets from NASA, archives, donors.
Our digital archive is continuously growing — giving researchers, authors, educators, and producers a structured, AI-powered way to discover, analyze, and cite the records that shaped human spaceflight.