In 2008, scientists at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) Lunar Sample Laboratory and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory (under the auspices of the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate or ARES) began work on a 4-year project to digitize the original film negatives of Apollo Lunar Rock Sample photographs. These rock samples together with lunar regolith and core samples were collected as part of the lander missions for Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17. The original film negatives are stored at JSC under cryogenic conditions. This effort is data restoration in the truest sense. The images represent the only record available to scientists which allows them to view the rock samples when making a sample request. As the negatives are being scanned, they are also being formatted and documented for permanent archive in the NASA Planetary Data System (PDS) archive. The ARES group is working collaboratively with the Imaging Node of the PDS on the archiving.


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    Title :

    Restoration and PDS Archive of Apollo Lunar Rock Sample Data


    Contributors:
    Garcia, P. A. (author) / Todd, N. S. (author) / Lofgren, G. E. (author) / Stefanov, W. L. (author) / Runco, S. K. (author) / LaBasse, D. (author) / Gaddis, L. R. (author)

    Conference:

    42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) ; 2011 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2011-03-07


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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