NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive

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The

NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive

(

NSSDCA

) serves as the permanent archive for

space science

mission data.

" includes

and

, solar and space

physics, and

and

. As the permanent archive, NSSDCA teams with NASA's discipline-specific space science "active archives"

which provide access to data to researchers and, in some cases, to the general public. NSSDCA also serves as NASA's

permanent archive for space physics mission data. It provides access to several geophysical models and to data from

some non-NASA mission data. NSSDCA was called the

National Space Science Data Center

(

NSSDC

) prior to March 2015.

NSSDCA supports active

and

researchers. Web-based services allow the NSSDCA to support the

general public. This support is in the form of information about spacecraft and access to digital versions of selected

imagery. NSSDCA also provides access to portions of their database contains information about data archived at NSSDCA

(and, in some cases, other facilities), the spacecraft which generate space science data and experiments which

generate space science data. NSSDCA services also included are data management standards and technologies.

NSSDCA is part of the Solar System Exploration Data Services Office (SSEDSO) in the Solar System Exploration Division

at NASA's

. NSSDCA is sponsored by the Heliophysics Division of NASA's

. NSSDCA acts in concert with various NASA discipline data systems in providing certain data and

services.

Overview

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NSSDCA was first established (as NSSDC) at

in 1966. NSSDCA's staff consists largely of

physical scientists, computer scientists, analysts, programmers, and data technicians. Staffing level, including

civil service and onsite contractors, has ranged between 15 and 100 over the life of NSSDCA. Early in its life, NSSDCA

accumulated data primarily on 7-track and 9-track tape and on various photoproducts, and all data dissemination was

via media replication and mailing. Starting in the mid-1980s, NSSDCA received and disseminated increasing data

volumes via electronic networks. Dissemination formats are presently via the internet, either via HTTP or FTP.

Astrophysics

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Data Services:

contains data and mission information: The Multiwavelength Milky Way, the Multimedia Catalog and

the NSSDC Photo Gallery.

Flight Mission Information:

contains lists of flight missions and information about them; this is where the

NSSDC Master Catalog is along with mission-specific access. A graphical interface to mission information is in

this area as well.

Related Information Services:

have detailed information about data held at NSSDC via the Master Catalog, NSSDC

Lunar and Planetary Science, and NSSDC Heliophysics.

NASA Astrophysics Data Archive/Service Centers:

these include HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science

Archive Research Center), IRSA (Infrared Science Archives), LAMBDA (Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data

Analysis), MAST (

Master Catalog

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The NSSDC Master Catalog is available for the queries pertaining to information about data that are archived at the

NSSDC as well as for supplemental information via the following query mechanisms:

Spacecraft Query. This interface allows queries to our database of orbital, suborbital, and interplanetary

spacecraft.

Experiment Query. This interface allows queries for information about scientific experiments that flew on-board

various space missions.

Data Collection Query. This interface allows queries for data that are tracked by NSSDC, primarily those that are

currently archived here.

Personnel Query. This interface allows queries for locator information for personnel that were associated with

various missions and/or data collections submitted to NSSDC.

Publication Query. This interface allows queries information about publications that are relevant to the data NSSDC

archives or to the experiments and/or missions that accumulated the data. The publications so captured are not

intended to be comprehensive bibliographies.

Lunar and Planetary Map Query. This interface allows queries of the lunar and planetary maps that NSSDC currently

has in stock.

New and Updated Data Query. This interface allows queries for those data collections for which the NSSDC has

recently acquired new data, either additions to existing collections or entirely new collections.

Lunar and Planetary Events Query. This interface allows queries for events that have occurred which are related to

the exploration of the Moon and the Solar System.