The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) is the deep archive for NASA planetary and lunar data in digital, document, and photographic formats. NSSDC is responsible for the distribution of planetary images and other data to scientists, educators, and the general public. All digital, paper copy, and photographic data are made available to requesters on a cost-recovery basis. Many of these data sets are available on CD-ROM. The NSSDC CD-ROM Catalog is a catalog that lists NSSDC CD-ROM sets. This catalog and more information about other off-line data may obtained by sending e-mail to request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov.
This page is divided into three parts:
- What's New which tells about the latest planetary data available at NSSDC, the newest pages and updates to the Web, and upcoming planetary events and missions.
- NSSDC Resources with links to information on planets, planetary missions and planetary images and data held at NSSDC, including the NASA Master Directory and NSSDC Master Catalog.
- Other Resources with links to other sources of planetary data and information.

What's New in Planetary Science

- Scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center have announced the discovery of fossil evidence of life in a meteorite which originated from Mars. More information and links to other sites including the original Science article on-line are available.

- Images from Galileo's first close encounter with Ganymede on 27 June 1996 as well as images of Io and Europa, and images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are now available.

- A preliminary version of NSSDC's Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging is now available. This catalog contains samples of photographic and digital images available from the NSSDC.

New and Incoming Planetary Data at NSSDC
New and Updated Planetary Pages
Upcoming Planetary Events and Missions

NSSDC Resources

Information by Project - Planetary missions, data and images organized by project
NSSDC Master Catalog - Detailed information on data available at NSSDC
NSSDC WAIS Search - Searchable WAIS Index of NSSDC's Web pages
NASA Master Directory - Data held at NSSDC and elsewhere

NSSDC CD-ROM Catalog - Data available from NSSDC on CD-ROM
Chiron Perihelion Campaign - Images and information on the asteroid/comet Chiron
Lunar Data at NSSDC
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 - Images and information on the impact of SL-9 with Jupiter
NSSDC Photo Gallery
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Planetary Fact Sheets

Other Resources

NASA Newsroom
NASA Field Centers
Planetary Data System
Regional Planetary Image Facilities
NASA Teachers Resource Centers
NSSDC anonymous FTP site
Subscribe to NASA Press Releases
More Resources

NSSDC home page

Goddard Space Flight Center home page

NASA home page

NASA Official: J. H. King, king@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
Last Updated: 13 August 1996, DRW