More than 8,400 Apollo photos from the moon now online

Mars may be dominating the news lately, but with more than 8,400 high-resolution photos newly released online, it's time to reignite your fascination with the moon -- and real-life astronauts who aren't Matt Damon.

A massive series of photos was taken by NASA Apollo astronauts with Hasselblad cameras during the seminal missions to the moon in the 1960s and '70s. They were released to archivist Kipp Teague, who uploaded them to Flickr, this week.

They feature everything from classic American flag-on-the-moon shots, to selfies of a smiling Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan aboard Apollo 17, to stunning panoramas of the earth from space.

Plus, there are more photos on the way -- up to 13,000 shots from space total, which should all be available online by the end of the week, according to the BBC.

Teague is an employee of Lynchburg College and the creator of the Project Apollo Archive, which has hosted a vast collection of Apollo photographs online since 1999.

Communities on Flickr and Facebook have been abuzz about the newest photo release. More than 5,000 people liked the Project Apollo Archive page on Facebook within 24 hours of the upload.

See the full collection here, and scroll through a sample below: