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Apollo
Data
The Apollo program sent six missions to the
lunar surface between 1969 and 1972.
Apollo astronauts deployed several
experiment packages during these missions.
Data from instruments were telemetered to
Earth after the astronauts left the moon.
PDS is working to recover some of these
Apollo data sets.
Geosciences Node Tools
Available Apollo Data Sets
| Apollo
Documentation |
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Apollo Program Document Collection
(PDS4) -
Descriptions of the Apollo missions, spacecraft and
experiments.
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Apollo Data from Individual Investigators |
Apollo Seismic
Data
(PDS4) - Passive Seismic Experiment (PSE)
observations from the Apollo missions in SEED and
ASCII table format.
Apollo Passive Seismic Experiment Expanded Event Catalog
(PDS4) - An integrated catalog of lunar seismic events,
gathered from multiple published works as well as
new analyses.
Apollo 15/17 Heat Flow Experiment Concatenated Data
(PDS4)
- ASCII tables containing corrected, reduced, and
concatenated versions of all available calibrated
data from the Apollo 15 and 17 Heat Flow Experiment,
along with supporting documentation and source data.
Soil Sample Reflectance
- Bidirectional reflectance distribution function
measurements of Apollo samples acquired by the
Bloomsburg University Goniometer. |
| Apollo 12 |
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Cold Cathode Ion Gage (PDS4) -
Flat ASCII tables of raw CCIG data recovered from
ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes for the time span of
April-June 1975.
Solar Wind Spectrometer -
28-second resolution plasma parameters
observed on the lunar surface from November 19, 1969
to March 25, 1976.
Solar Wind Spectrometer -
Hourly averaged plasma parameters observed
on the lunar surface from November 19, 1969 to March 25, 1976.
Solar Wind Spectrometer (PDS4)
- Flat ASCII tables of raw SWS data recovered from
ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes for the time span of
April-June 1975.
Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment
(PDS4) - Flat ASCII tables of raw SIDE data
recovered from ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes for the
time span of April-June 1975.
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| Apollo 14 |
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Cold Cathode Ion Gage - Graphs of lunar
atmospheric density from February 7, 1971 to
December 31, 1973 (scanned from microfilm). |
| Apollo 15 |
Cold Cathode Ion Gage - Graphs of lunar atmospheric density from July 31, 1971 to September 12, 1973 (scanned from microfilm).
Cold Cathode Ion Gage (PDS4) -
Flat ASCII tables of raw CCIG data recovered from
ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes for the time span of
April-June 1975.
Ephemeris Data (PDS4) - Spacecraft state
vectors, camera orientation, photograph position,
and lighting data computed during the Apollo era for
photographic images of the moon taken by the Apollo
15 Metric (Mapping) and Panoramic Cameras from lunar
orbit.
Heat Flow Experiment - Reduced, subsampled
thermal conductivity measurements of lunar soil
acquired by two probes of the Apollo 15 Heat Flow
Experiment, July 31, 1971, through December 31,
1974.
Heat Flow Experiment (PDS4) - Flat ASCII
tables of raw HFE data recovered from ALSEP ARCSAV
binary tapes for the time span of April-June 1975.
Heat Flow Experiment (PDS4) - Flat ASCII
tables of calibrated HFE data for the time span of
April-June 1975; source was the raw data recovered
from ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes.
Lunar Self-Recording Penetrometer -
Tables of raw readings and reduced data from all six
runs on 01 August 1971 of the Lunar Self-Recording
Penetrometer (LSRP) on the surface of the Moon for
the Apollo 15 Soil Mechanics experiment.
Orbital Mass Spectrometer (PDS4) -
Digital PDF/A files from scans of formatted data
outputs on microfilm.
Solar Wind Spectrometer -
28-second resolution plasma parameters
observed on the lunar surface from July 31, 1971 to June 30, 1972.
Solar Wind Spectrometer -
Hourly averaged plasma parameters observed
on the lunar surface from July 31, 1971 to June 30,
1972.
Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment
(PDS4) - Flat ASCII tables of raw SIDE data
recovered from ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes for the
time span of April-June 1975.
X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
- Two tables of time-ordered, event count rates
acquired during lunar orbit from July 30 to August
4, 1971.
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| Apollo 16 |
Ephemeris Data (PDS4) - Spacecraft state
vectors, camera orientation, photograph position,
and lighting data computed during the Apollo era for
photographic images of the moon taken by the Apollo
16 Metric (Mapping) and Panoramic Cameras from lunar
orbit.
Lunar Self-Recording Penetrometer -
Tables of raw readings and reduced data from ten
runs on 22 April 1972 of the Lunar Self-Recording
Penetrometer (LSRP) on the surface of the Moon for
the Apollo 16 Soil Mechanics experiment.
Lunar Surface Magnetometer (PDS4) - Flat
ASCII tables of raw LSM data recovered from ALSEP
ARCSAV binary tapes for the time span of April-June
1975.
Orbital Mass Spectrometer (PDS4) -
Digital PDF/A files from scans of formatted data
outputs on microfilm.
X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
- Two tables of time-ordered, event count rates
acquired during lunar orbit from April 20 to 24,
1972.
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| Apollo 17 |
Ephemeris Data (PDS4) - Spacecraft state
vectors, camera orientation, photograph position,
and lighting data computed during the Apollo era for
photographic images of the moon taken by the Apollo
17 Metric (Mapping) and Panoramic Cameras from lunar
orbit.
Far-UV Spectrometer Graphs (PDS4) -
Graphs of spectral data from 118.4 to 167.2 nm
acquired by the FUVS from lunar orbit December 10
through December 19, 1972, scanned from microfilm.
Heat Flow Experiment - Reduced, subsampled
thermal conductivity measurements of lunar soil
acquired by two probes of the Apollo 17 Heat Flow
Experiment, December 12, 1972, through December 31,
1974.
Heat Flow Experiment (PDS4) - Flat ASCII
tables of raw HFE data recovered from ALSEP ARCSAV
binary tapes for the time span of April-June 1975.
Heat Flow Experiment (PDS4) - Flat ASCII
tables of calibrated HFE data for the time span of
April-June 1975; source was the raw data recovered
from ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes.
Lunar Ejecta
and Meteorites Experiment (PDS4) -
Flat ASCII tables of raw LEAM data recovered from
ALSEP ARCSAV binary tapes for the time span of
April-June 1975.
Lunar Ejecta
and Meteorites Experiment (PDS4) -
Flat ASCII tables of raw LEAM data from ALSEP work
tapes for the time span of March-July 1976.
Lunar Ejecta
and Meteorites Experiment (PDS4) -
A digital reproduction of one hand-written
laboratory notebook of calibration analysis for the
Apollo 17 LEAM Experiment detector, which was
identical to Pioneer 8 and 9 Cosmic Dust Detectors.
Lunar Surface Gravimeter (PDS4) - Flat ASCII
tables of raw LSG data recovered from ALSEP ARCSAV
binary tapes for the time span of April-June 1975.
Surface Electrical Properties Experiment
(PDS4) - Flat ASCII tables of
calibrated lunar surface electromagnetic field data
at six measured frequencies from 1.0 to 32.1 MHz and
navigation (range) data from the SEP Experiment at
the Apollo 17 landing site for the time span of
11-13 December 1972.
Traverse Gravimeter -
Table of 26 readings of the Apollo 17 Traverse
Gravimeter Experiment taken from 12 to 14 December
1972 at different locations near the Lunar Module
landing site. |
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Pioneer 8 and 9 |
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Cosmic Dust Detector (CDD)
Calibration Notebook Collection (PDS4)
- Digital
reproductions of two hand-written laboratory
notebooks of calibration analyses. This
documentation is intended to aid the calibration
effort for the Apollo 17 Lunar Ejecta and Meteorite
Experiment (LEAM) detector. |
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Pioneer Program Document Collection
(PDS4) -
Descriptions of the Pioneer missions, spacecraft and
experiments. |
Additional Apollo Resources
Additional information about Apollo missions and selected data sets
can be accessed through the
National Space Sciences Data Center
(NSSDC).
Overviews of Apollo missions as well as
descriptions of landing sites, surface
operations, photography, experiments, and
samples can be found at
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI).
The Lunar Data Project (LDP) is working
to digitize NSSDC Apollo data holdings.
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 What's New
September 23, 2022. The
Apollo Seismic Data bundle has been released.
January 11, 2021. Collections of the
Apollo 15/17 HFE Concatenated Data bundle have
been revised.
December 2, 2020. The
Apollo Seismic
Event Catalog bundle has been released.
September 8, 2020. Restored
Apollo 17 LEAM
(ARCSAV,
work tapes,
calibration notebook) data are now available
online.
February 27, 2020. The
Apollo 15/17 HFE Concatenated Data bundle has been released.
February 24, 2020. Restored
Apollo 17 Surface Electrical Properties Experiment data are now available
online.
October 15, 2019. Restored
Apollo 12
and
Apollo 15 Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment
and Cold Cathode Ion Gage data are now available
online.
October 15, 2019. Restored
Apollo 12
Solar Wind Spectrometer data are now available
online.
September 20, 2019. Restored
Apollo 15
and
Apollo 16 Orbital Mass Spectrometer data are now available
online.
July 18, 2019. Restored
Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Gravimeter data are now available
online.
July 12, 2019. Restored Apollo 17
raw and
calibrated Heat Flow Experiment data
are now available online.
July 12, 2019. Restored Apollo 15
raw and
calibrated Heat Flow Experiment data are now available
online.
July 12, 2019. Restored
Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Magnetometer data are now available
online.
January 25, 2019. The
Apollo Document Collection is now
available online.
January 25, 2019.
Apollo 15 and
Apollo 16 ephemeris data are now
available online.
November 2, 2018.
Apollo 17 FUVS graphs are now online.
June 13, 2017.
Apollo 17 ephemeris data are now
available online.
March 31, 2017.
Apollo soil sample
reflectance data from the Bloomsburg University
Goniometer have been released.
September 9, 2016. Restored
Apollo 15 and
Apollo 16 X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer data are now
available online.
September 19, 2014. Restored
Apollo 15 and
Apollo 17 Thermal Conductivity data are now
available online.
April 5, 2013. Restored
Apollo 15 and
Apollo 16 Soil Mechanics data are now
available online.
September 18, 2012. Restored Apollo 17
Traverse Gravimeter
Experiment data are now
available online.
January 25, 2010. The
Apollo Analyst's Notebook tool is now available online.
September 18, 2008. Restored Apollo 15
28-second-resolution and
hourly averaged Solar Wind Spectrometer
data are now available online.
September 18, 2008.
Restored
Apollo 12
28-second-resolution and
hourly averaged Solar Wind Spectrometer
data are now available online.
September 18, 2008.
Restored
Apollo 14 and
Apollo 15
Cold Cathode Ion Gage data are now available online.
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