Astromaterials Data Archiving Announcement from the Astromaterials Data System
The Astromaterials Data System (Astromat) is the primary NASA-sponsored archive for laboratory analyses of returned samples (see NASA’s Planetary Science Division’s Information and Data Management Policy Supplement to SPD-41A).
Astromat supports the extraterrestrial samples community with services that enable sharing, discovery, access, and reuse of data generated by laboratory analysis of astromaterials samples.
The Astromaterials Data Archive (ADA) curates, publishes, and preserves laboratory analytical data acquired as part of NASA’s sample return missions and research projects. The ADA accepts data that describe the chemical, physical, petrological, mineralogical, and textural properties of bulk samples, mineral phases, and other components such as chondrules and presolar grains.
The Astromaterials Data Synthesis provides access to over 2 million analytical values acquired over the past 50+ years on lunar samples, meteorites, and other astromaterials samples curated at ARES.
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