Apollo Data

The Apollo program sent six missions to the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972.  Apollo astronauts deployed several experiment packages during these missions.  Data from instruments were telemelered to Earth after the astronauts left the moon.  PDS is working to recover some of these Apollo data sets.

Available Apollo Data Sets

Additional Apollo Resources

Additional information about Apollo missions and selected data sets can be accessed through the National Space Sciences Data Center (NSSDC)

Overviews of Apollo missions as well as descriptions of landing sites, surface operations, photography, experiments, and samples can be found at The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)

The Lunar Data Project (LDP) is working to digitize NSSDC  Apollo data holdings