spaceandwisewolf.space

A self-hosted library of space documentaries

Howl at the archive.

spaceandwisewolf.space is a small library of space documentaries, public-lecture recordings, and old broadcast archive footage — served from a server you help run, with no recommendation algorithm watching over your shoulder.

Open your library How it works

No tracking. No autoplay. No infinite scroll.

142

documentaries & lectures in the catalog

63h

of running time, hand-curated

0

ads, recommendations, or autoplay queues

5

platforms with native play apps

Catalog

Built for the long night sky.

Collections gathered from open archives, public-broadcast repositories, and lecture captures — every clip dated, sourced, and captioned before it joins the library.

Mission archives

Voyager, Cassini, New Horizons, JWST — public-mission footage with engineer commentary and raw telemetry overlays where the archive permits it.

University lectures

Full courses in astrophysics, planetary science, and orbital mechanics from open-lecture repositories — captioned, chaptered, and resumable across devices.

Vintage broadcasts

Restored Apollo-era network coverage, Skylab mission audio, and 1980s observatory night-sky recordings, kept as-is where restoration would lose the historical weight.

Citizen science

Recordings from amateur observatory networks and time-lapse sky surveys, paired with notes on the equipment used so you can replicate the setup at home.

Launch replays

Annotated launch replays with thrust profiles, staging telemetry, and orbital insertion summaries in the description panel.

Lecture transcripts

Every lecture ships with a full transcript and a search box that finds the minute a topic appears — no scrubbing through hour-long videos to find the answer.

Up in minutes

Three steps to your own archive.

  1. Run the server

    A single binary or container serves the catalog from any VPS, home NAS, or spare laptop — your address book is the only thing that changes.

  2. Create your vault

    Set a passphrase and a six-digit code. Playback positions, watch history, and saved collections stay scoped to your account — no shared telemetry, no shared queue.

  3. Watch everywhere

    Native apps keep your place across phone, tablet, and TV. Pick up where you left off on any device on the same server.

Provenance

Every clip has a paper trail.

The library exists to be re-shared, taught from, and cited. Every entry carries the archive it came from, the licence it ships under, and the timestamp it was added.

  • Public mission archives — NASA, ESA, JAXA open repositories
  • University open-courseware captures with chapter markers
  • Restored Apollo-era broadcasts from public-domain sources
  • Citizen-science time-lapses from named contributors
  • Lecture transcripts and search index, updated weekly

Drawn from open archives

  • NASA TV
  • ESA Open
  • MIT OCW
  • Internet Archive
  • Caltech Astro
  • JAXA Channel

From the field

A few words from people who watch.

I run it on a MiniPC in the study. The kids pick a topic at random and end up watching a 1972 Apollo press briefing for forty minutes.
Marta Ellingsen Parent · Oslo
I teach planetary geology from clips I can cite. The transcript search means I find the answer in seconds instead of scrubbing through lecture video.
Daniel Okafor Lecturer · University of Lagos

The sky is already public domain. Start acting like it.

Open your library and put every clip under your own roof.

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