Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook

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The enclosed is an update to the Apollo ScientificExperimentsData Handbook
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Data Handbook (NASA TN X-58131), the attached "change pages"
should be substituted in your handbook as indicated.
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Experiments Data Handbook contains a form to request
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° Contents xi xi
Section 3 -- 3-I to 3-38 3-1 to 3-5_
Experiment Status _,
Divider Part A, blue Part A, pink
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_. Seismic Experiment !-
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_. Seismic Experiment ._
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Section 6 -- Lunar 6-I to 6-11 6-1 to 6-12 •
Surface Hagnetom-
: ete_ Experiment
Section 7 -- Lunar 7-3 and 7-4 7-3 and 7-_
: Portable Hagnetom- 7-7 and 7-8 7-7 and 7-8 i
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' Section 8 -- Solar- 8-3 to 8-6 8-3 to 8-6
Wind Spectrometer 8-11 to 8-18 8-11 to 8-18
, Experiment
Section 9 -- Supra- 9-I to 9-13 9-I to 9-23
; thermal Ion Detec- *_
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_ Section 10 -- Heat I0-I and 10-2 10-I and 10-2
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verse Gravimeter
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Section 18 -- Far UV 18-I to 18-10 18-1 to 18-10
Camera/Spectrograph New input 18-15 to 18-17 _
Section 19 -- Lunar 19-1 to 19-7 19-I to 19-8
Ejecta and Mete-
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Section 2g -- Lunar 2g-I to 2_-35 2g-1 to 24-61
Heutron Probe
Experiment
Section 25 -- Dust 25-7 to 25-13 25-7 to 25-!6
Thermal Radiation
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sheet following sheet following
p. 25-13 p. 25-16 _
Section 31 -- 31-79 and 31-80 31-79 and 31-80 '
Bistatic-Radar '_
Experiment _'
Section 33 -- Sub- 33-I to 33-67 13-1 to 33-73
satellite Experiments
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Section 36 -- Lunar 36-1 to 36-25 36-I to 36-3g
Photographs and
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Section 37 -- Lunar 37-3 and 37-_ 37-3 and 37-g
Sample Research
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Appendi, A A-I to A-8 A-I to A-8 :
Apollo Experiment ,_'
Principal
Investigators
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Solar-Wind- D-I to D-20
Composition after appen-
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1. Report No I 2 Government Accession No, 3. Rempmnt's Catalog No.
4 T=tle and Subtitle 5 Report Date
August 1974
APOLLO SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS DATA HANDBOOK
6. Performing Orgamzatlon Code
7. Author(s) 8. Performing Orgamzation Report No.
W.W. Lauderdale, General Electric Co., JSC-09166 ,
and W. F. Eichelman, JSC, Technical Editors
10. Work Unit No.
383-85-00-00-72
9. Performing Organization Name and Address
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 11.ContracotrGrantNo
Houston, Texas 77058
*." 13. Type of Report and Period Covered
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Technical Memorandum
Nahonal Aeronautics and Space Administration -_4.SponsoriAnggencCyode
Washington, D.C. 20546
15. Supplementary Notes
16. Abstract
This publication presents a brief description of each of the Apollo scientific experiments together
with the operational history, the data content and formats, and the availability of the data. The
netometer, solar wind spectrometer, suprathermal ion detector, heat flow, charged particle, cold
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magnetometer, traverse gravimeter, soil mechanics, far UV camera (lunar surface), lunar ejecta
and meteorites, surface electrical properties, lunar atmospheric composition, lunar surface
gravimeter, lunar seismic profiling, neutron flux, and dust detector. The orbital experiments
described are the gamma-ray spectrometer, X-ray fluorescence, alpha-particle spectrometer,
S-band transponder, mass spectrometer, far UV spectrometer, bistatic radar, IR scanning radi-
ometer, particle shadows, magnetometer, lunar sounder, and laser altimeter. Also included are
a brief listing of the mapping products available and information on the sample program.
17. Key Words (Suggested by Author(s)) 18. D,stribution Statement
•Moon "LunarOrbit
•LunarScience "Particles
•ScientifiScatellite "LunarExploration
'Neutrons 'Geophysics
'Lunar Landing "LunarEnvironments
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APOLLO SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS DATA HANDBOOK _
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FOREWORD
The Apollo Program has provided, and will continue to pro-
vide, a wealth of scientific data. Until recently, these data !
were analyzed primarily by the Principal Investigators and their
teams under the proprietary rights recognized by NASA. Following
' the last Apollo mission, the Lunar Analysis and Synthesis Program
was established to encourage the participation of a larger segment
of the scientific community in lunar science development (e.g.,
through the multidiscipline studies, development of comprehensive
models of lunar origi: _,and evolution, studies of lunar physical
properties and motions, studies of the internal and external
processes operating on the Moon, etc.).
One of the first activities of this program was to determine
the procedures for disseminating lunar science data as broadly
and effectively as possible. This handbook was written to assist
in the dissemination of these data to the scientific community
and especially to facilitate gredter participation in the evalua-
tion of lunar science data.
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The NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center acknowledges the
efforts of the Geophysical Data Evaluation Working Group in the
establishment and implementation of the data archiving procedures.
We also appreciate the cooperation of the Principal Investigators
and their teams and the Lunar Science Institute in presenting
information and written material for this handbook. _
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INFORMATION ON REVISIONS
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CONTENTS '
Section Page
I INTRODUCTION ................... I-I
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2 ALSEP EPHEMERIS DESCRIPTION ........... 2-I , <
3 EXPERIMENT STATUS ................ 3-I
PART A: LUNAR SURFACE EXPERIMENTS ........ 3-3 [
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PART B: LUNAR ORBITAL EXPERIMENTS ........ 3-31
4 PASSIVE SEISMIC EXPERIMENT (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-031) ............... 4-I v
5 ACTIVE SEISMIC EXPERIMENT (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-033) ............... 5-I
6 LUNAR SURFACE MAGNETOMETER (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-034) ............... 6-I
7 LUNAR PORTABLE MAGNETOMETER (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-198) ............... 7-I
8 SOL_R-WIND SPECTROMETER (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-035) ............. 8-I
9 SUPRATHERMAL ION DETECTOR EXPERIMENT (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-036) ................ 9-_
10 HEAT FLOW EXPERIMENT (NASA EXPERIMENT S-037) . . 10-I
11 CHARGED-PARTICLE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT EXPERIMENT _ _
(NASA EXPERIMENT S-038) ............ 11-I
12 COLD CATHODE GAGE EXPERIMENT (NASA _
EXPERIMENT S-058) .............. 12-I
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13 LUNAR GEOLOGY (NASA EXPERIMENT S-'39) ..... 13-I
14 LASER RANGING RETROREFLECTOR (IIASA
EXPERIMENT S-078) ............... 14-I i
15 LUNAR SURFACE COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-152) ............... 15-I
16 TRAVERSE GRAVIMETER EXPERIMENT (NASA
EXPERIMENT S-199) ............... 16-I
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