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- Access to a variety of NASA image products
Archive Support
- Submitting Data
- Guidelines for PDMPs (March 1993, Rich Text Format)
- White paper on NASA science data retention
- White paper on Resident archives
- PDS Data Policies (March 2011)
- NASA Heliophysics Science Data Management Policy (April 2009)
- NASA Mission Project Data Management Plans (PDMPs)
- Memoranda of Understanding
- Archive Plans
NSSDCA
Recent News in...
Astrophysics
NASA's SPHEREx mission was successfully launched from Vandenberg launch facility at 03:10 UT 12 March.
JAXA's XRISM mission was successfully launched at 23:42 UT 06 September 2023.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its latest deep field image, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744). More...
Heliophysics
NASA's PUNCH mission, consisting of four spacecraft to make observations of the sun, was successfully launched at 03:10 UT on 12 March.
The Parker Solar Probe made its 15th perihelion pass of the Sun, at a distance of 0.06 AU, on 17 March 2023.
ESA's Solar Orbiter reached its 6th perihelion, at 0.29 AU, on 10 April 2023.
Lunar and Planetary Science
The Lucy Mission will fly by asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on 20 April 2025. 128 new moons have been discovered around Saturn, bringing the total number of natural saturnian satellites to 274. More..... The Blue Ghost Mission 1 ended its mission as planned, about 5 hours after local sunset on 16 March. For more, see the NASA press release.![[USA.gov]](/logo/usagov_logo.gif){kind=logo}
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