The Surveyorprogram

..... _° o0ooooo _ https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19770025235 2018-04-11T18:05:23+00:00Z .4;" ' F 00000001-TSA03 ORIGINAL PAGE IS OF POOR QUALIo/,y I 1 i 4 , I i IIII '1 ', !, 00000001-TSA04 i._ ,) I l L 1 I t i I / WDC-A-R 77.02 .. National Space Science Dora Center/ World Om Center A For Rockets end Satellites Catalog of Lunar - Mission ;. Data ' ': TechnicalCoordinator - WINIFRED SAWTELL CAMERON Editors ELLEN J. MANTEL • ELIZABETH ,_, MILLER July 1977 i-- 00000001-TSA05 / PREFACE i, We acknowledge with thanks those persons, too numerous to name, of the National Space Science D_ta Center (NSSDC) who have contributed to the production of this Ca_log. Appreciation of the contributions of the experimenters is also hereby acknowledged. _,eir data submission and explanatory documentation form the base o£ this Catalog. _e NSSDC per- ... r sonnel activity included data and information handling, verification, ! data description, inventory, illustrations, and photography, as well as : document production, and involved both the acquisition scientists and ! the Data Center's onsite contractor, General Telephone and Electronics/ ' Information Systems, PMI Facilities Management Corporation personnel. _: The Data Center strives to serve the scientific community in a useful = L manner so that the scientific data deposited there can be disseminated _: for continued and further analysis. Scientists are invited to submit : comments or recommendations regarding the format of this Catalog, the .: data announced herein, and the services provided by NSSDC. Recipients ., are urged to inform other potential data users of its availability. _t i ._ IVinifredSawtell Cameron _i Elizabeth R. Miller /. ./"' iii •. 2;, °"_ t " "...........'......... 00000001-TSA06 CONTENTS PREFACE.................. ............................... ... ili 1. INTRODUCTION................................................ 1 2. THE RANGER PROGRN4 ..........................................7 3. THE SURVEYORPROGRAM ........................................17 4. THE LUNAR ORBITER PROGRAM ...................................37 5. THE APOLLO PROGRAM .......................................... 53 CommandtloduleandServiceModule Experiments............... 59 Lunar Surface ExperimentsOoeeeooo,oeeooeoooeoeoeoeeeeooeeeeee 103 SubsatelliteExperiments.................................... 142 6. THE LUNA AND ZOND PROGRAMS..................................151 APPENDIXES..................................................165 Appendixl - NonsatelliteData ............................167 Appendix2 - U.S. PrincipalInvestigatorswith Data at NSSDC ....................................171 Appendix3 - Acronymsand Abbreviations...................173 Appendix4 - NSSDC Facilitiesand OrderingProcedures..... 176 INDEXES .....................................................181 Index to U.S. PrincipalInvestigators..................... 183 Index to AvailableData ...................................188 "...... 000000 -01- T SA0- 7..... t t i : ORIGLNAI_PAGE IS OF P(_R qUA.LI'_ 1 INTRODUCTION u INTRODUCTION THE U.S. LUIIARPROGP,A_I The decision to go to the Moon with manned spacecraft resulted in a care- fully planned program of lunar exploration designed to determine if and where on the Moon safe, manned landings could be made, and subsequently to achieve manned landings. To accomplish this objective, several series of spacecraft were designed, developed, built, and launched to determine different characteristics o£ the lunar surface and environment. _e pro- manned series were, in chronological order,Ranger,Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter. The manned missions comprised the Apollo series, which achieved six landing missions. The largest volume of data from these missions was photographic, beginning with the Ranger series on July 31, 1954, and ending with Apollo 17 on December 19, 1972.The Ranger series spacecraft were designed to impact the lunar surface after transmitting photographs during the final minutes of approach._ey were also equipped with other instruments to study the cislunar and lunar environments. The Surveyor series soft-landed on the lunar surface and surveyed the local area _mtographically. Other Surveyor instruments were used to determine soil mechanics mid composition and ther- mal and mechanical properties. Lunar Orbiter spacecraft obtained both high- and low-resolution photographs from lunar orbit for selection of manned landing sites. Radiation dosimeters and meteor detectors also re- turned data. The Apollo mmmed series was a broad scientific assault on the geophysical nature of the Moon and its environment. In addition to the photography obtained, expe-iments were performed by the astronauts from orbit and on the lunar surfa, and some instruments placed _1 the surface continue to return data. The lunar missions resulted in a broad scientific instrumental exploration of the geological_ geophysical, and physical properties of the Moon and its environs, augmented by man himself with his capacit_ to judge, select, adapt, correct, and improvise in his explorations. CATALOG ORGANIZATION The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) publishes catalogs of data for the disciplines described on the inside front cover. The purpose of this Catalog is to announce the availability of all scientific data acquired by the specified lunar missions and available at NSSDC. Table 1-1 summa- rizes all the experiments carried on U.S. lunar missions. The coding indi- cates whether or not NSSDC has data from these experiments and identifies failed or aborted experiments, thus providing the scope of the U.S. lu_r program. 5 _O PAGE BLANK NOT FIt,MI'ID ':.._ .....o,C__':J"_'.k_, i ."_'" _ ........... 00000001-TSA09 INTRODUCTION This Ca_aZog discusses only those experiments for which NSSDC can provide data. In addition to the U.S. data, limited amounts of U.S.S.R. ]unar data from several Luna and Zond missions are also available from NSSDC an_ are announced in this Oatalog, Data requested from NSSDC may be in the form of film, photographic paper prints, magnetic tape, hardcopy, micro- film, or microfiche as indicated in data descriptions. The Catalog has been d:vided by programs: Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, Apollo, and Luna and Zond. A brief description of the mission of each " program and the spacecraft flown is given, followed by experiment descriptions. _e data obtained by the experiments and stored at NSSDC are described, and information such as the form and quantity of data is provided. References and sources of information are provided at the end of each pro- ' gram section. : In addition, some nonsatellite data that may be pertinent to scientific studies of lunar mission data are described in Appendix 1. ]llese data are _: available from NSSDC and other sources as indicated. The principal investigators of the U.S. experiments described in this Catalog are given in Appendix 2, which is listed by program and alphabetically by experiment. The Index to Principal Investigators provides their affiliations, all lunar ; experiments with which they are associated, and the location of descriptions : of their experiments in this Catalog. Appendix 3 provides a list of acre- . nyms and abbreviations used throughout the text. Refer to Appendix 4, NSSDC Facilities and Ordering Procedures, to order or _; request data from this Catalog. A discussion of ordering procedures is •: given, and an order form is provided.Refer to the Index to Available i_i Data to obtain the NSSDC ID number for the specific data required. To ob- '¢ tain photography from most missions, it will be necessary first to request documentation and photographic catalogs described herein from which indi- !' vidual pictures may then be selected and ordered. _-_ NSSDC MISSION : l_e raison d'6tre of the National Space Science Data Center is to be the ,,, repository of space science data and the distributor of these data to the -f scientific communit_ as described in Appendix 4. To organize and systems- ,. tize the great volume of data received, NSSDC has a computerized file that = maintains information on spacecraft, experiments flown on the spacecraft, and data stored at NSSDC from those experiments. For filing purposes, . these records are each given NSSDC identification (ID) numbers utilizing .., a spacecraft/experiment/data hierarchy. Data are ordered from NSSDC by ....:. these numbers. _{ The Data Center has reproduction services, data viewing resources, and per- ': sonnel to assist scientists in procuring the desired data products. In -. order to acquaint the user public with the data products stored at NSSDC, .....2: the Data Center publishes catalogs and documents s_mh as this. r 4 O0000001-TSAIO I Table I-i. U.S. Lunar Mission Data LEGENn • All or partial data at NSSDC 0 lixperimoat failed X Ne ,_t_aat NSSDC 0 Exporlmentaborted PIIOTOGRAPIIY f Ranlier 7 • | Ranger 8 • P.anaer 9 • Surveyor 1 •s X Surveyor 3 0* • Surveyor 5 •e X • Surveyor 6 Me X • Surveyor 7 Os •• lamar Orbiter I • X •• LunaT Orbiter 2 • X •• Lunaz Ozblter $ • X•• Lunar Ozbitar 4 • X•• Lunar Orbiter S • X •• Apollo 9 • • Apollo 10 • • Apollo 11 • •• •• X Apollo 12 • •Y •• •• X • Apollo 13 • • 0 0 0 0 ['1 Apollo 14 • e ••• X •• •• Apollo IS Oa • • • • • 0 ••• • • • •• • • Apollo 16 • • • • • • • 0! • • • _ • ••• X •• • Apollo 17 • • • ••• X •• • X •• • _tJosat_J also available, Ylncluded with Itaaselblad data. llncluded with Phturer and Nikon data. ..............:,:_ ......,_. .....__,............."- ...........,.,,.,.._............,. ° ...._"'"7--::__:::-:;-'_:':_I'........._

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