NASA Planetary Data System Data Release 35 From Mars Curiosity Rover
This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called “Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp. larger image — NASA
The NASA Planetary Data System announces Release 35 of data from the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) mission.
This release contains raw and derived data products covering the time period July 29 through November 6, 2023 (sols 3903-3999). Several instruments have begun archiving their data in accordance with the PDS4 standard.
The data are archived at various PDS nodes.
- APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) at the Geosciences Node
- ChemCam at the Geosciences Node
- CheMin at the Geosciences Node
- DAN at the Geosciences Node
- Engineering Cameras at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
- MAHLI (Mars Hand Lens Imager) at the Cartography and Imaging
Sciences Node - Mastcam at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
- PLACES Database at the Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node
- RAD (Radiation Assessment Detector) at the PPI Node
- REMS (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) at the Atmospheres Node
- SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) at the Geosciences Node
- SPICE at the NAIF Node
The data may be accessed from: https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/
For a dataset-oriented perspective go to: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/SS-20240315.shtml
The next MSL release is scheduled for August 2, 2024.
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