urn:nasa:pds:a15sws_solar_wind_28s_1hr:document 1.0 1.23.0.0 Product_Collection 2025 The Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Experiments Package Solar Wind Spectrometer 28-Second-Resolution and 1-Hour-Average ASCII Document Collection. David R. Williams National Space Science Data Center Abigail Knight Washington University in St. Louis 2025-09-26 1.0 Initial version. Science Calibrated The Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Experiments Package Solar Wind Spectrometer 28-Second-Resolution and 1-Hour-Average ASCII Document Collection. Apollo 15 Mission urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.apollo_15 collection_to_investigation The Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Experiments Package Host urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.a15a is_instrument_host Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Experiments Package Solar Wind Spectrometer Instrument urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:sws.a15a is_instrument Moon Satellite urn:nasa:pds:context:target:satellite.earth.moon collection_to_target urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:a15doc:a15a_sws_overview collection_to_document Overview of the Apollo 15 ALSEP Solar Wind Spectrometer (SWS) urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:alsep_arcsav_tape_description_jsc09652 collection_to_document Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package Archive Tape Description Document, JSC-09652, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA, May 1975. This document provides the information needed by programmers to develop the software for retrieving raw binary experiment data from the original NASA ALSEP ARCSAV tapes for Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. Section 1.1.1.5 describes the raw binary Apollo 12 SWS data as formatted on the ARCSAV tapes. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:a15doc:a15_psr collection_to_document Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-289, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1972. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:a12_alsep_systems_handbook collection_to_document Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package Systems Handbook, ALSEP 1, Change 1, Unnumbered, Flight Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, January 15, 1969. Describes in detail the Apollo 12 ALSEP (ALSEP 1) package including the subsystems for thermal control, electrical power, command, telemetry, and each ALSEP experiment. Describes all command verification codes, and their functions, used for the ALSEP 1 station and its experiments in Section 5. Lists SWS measurements and the operating range for calibration and engineering data in Section 6. Section 10 discusses some operational aspects of the Solar Wind Spectrometer experiment. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:alsep_familiarization_course_handout_bsr2264b collection_to_document Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package ALSEP Familiarization Course Handout For Training Purposes Only, BSR 2264-B, The Bendix Corporation for NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, May 1969. Training manual for the early ALSEP packages 1, 3, and 4 package describing the mission, equipment, subsystems, maintenance, and operations. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:alsep_flight_system_familiarization_manual_revb collection_to_document Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, Revision B, ALSEP-MT-03, NASA CR-99604, The Bendix Corporation for NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, published 1 August 1967, revised 15 April 1969. Familiarizes the reader with the scientific objectives of ALSEP, equipment make-up, subsystems, maintenance, system deployment, and operation. This Revision B is the full publication ALSEP-MT-03. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:alsep_flight_system_familiarization_manual_revb_chg1 collection_to_document Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, Revision B / Change 1, ALSEP-MT-03, NASA CR-99604, The Bendix Corporation for NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, 18 March 1970. Familiarizes the reader with the scientific objectives of ALSEP, equipment make-up, subsystems, maintenance, system deployment, and operation. Change 1 contains revised pages to be replaced in ALSEP-MT-03 Revision B dated 15 April 1969. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:alsep_arrays_a_b_c_a2_final_report collection_to_document Final Report for ALSEP Arrays A, B, C, and A-2, NASA-CR-134202, BSR 4096, The Bendix Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, September 1973. Describes the ALSEP flight systems and design including the data subsystem, electronic power subsystem, and experiments; presents results; lists the ALSEP technical memorandums; describes ALSEP central station electronics effectivities; and lists ALSEP serial number allocations. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:alsep_termination_report collection_to_document Bates, J.R., W.W. Lauderdale, and H. Kernaghan, ALSEP termination report, NASA Reference Publication Series, NASA-RP-1036, 162 pages, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1979. urn:nasa:pds:apollodoc:commondoc:apollo_scientific_experiments_data_handbook collection_to_document Lauderdale, W.W., and W.F. Eichelman, Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook, NASA, TM-X-58131, Houston, Texas, August 1974, updated April 1976. 10.1029/JA080i013p01751 Clay, D.R., B.E. Goldstein, M. Neugebauer, and C.W. Snyder, Lunar surface solar wind observations at the Apollo 12 and Apollo 15 sites, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 80, Number 13, pages 1751-1760, 1975. 10.1029/1999JE001165 Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo landers, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue E8, pages 20,227-20,280, 2000. Goldstein, B.E., D.R. Clay, C.W. Snyder, and M. Neugebauer, ALSEP solar wind spectrometer plasma data as observed at the Apollo 12 and 15 landing sites, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, NASA Contract NAS7-100, 1973. Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, L.R. Lewis, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, E.J. Grayzeck, P. Chi, and G.K. Schmidt, Search and Recovery Efforts for the ALSEP Data Tapes, 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7-11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1608, Abstract 1103, 2011. Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, W.S. Kiefer, M.A. Hager, and H.K. Hills, Availability Of Previously Unprocessed ALSEP Raw Instrument Data and Derivative Data and Metadata Products, 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 21-25, 2016 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1903, Abstract 1194, 2016. 10.1016/0032-0633(72)90184-5 Neugebauer, M., C.W. Snyder, D.R. Clay, and B.E. Goldstein, Solar wind observations on the lunar surface with the Apollo-12 ALSEP, Planetary and Space Science, Volume 20, Issue 10, pages 1577-1591, 1972. Snyder, C.W., D.R. Clay and M. Neugebauer, The solar-wind spectrometer experiment, Apollo 12 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-235, 75-81, published by NASA, Washington D.C., 1970. Document collection_document_inventory.csv 0 PDS DSV 1 12 Carriage-Return Line-Feed Comma 2 0 Member Status 1 ASCII_String 1 %1s LIDVID_LID 2 ASCII_LIDVID_LID 255 %-255s inventory_has_member_product