Collection Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:a12side_ccig_raw_arcsav:data::1.0
NAME Apollo 12 ALSEP ARCSAV SIDE/CCIG Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Collection (1975-093 to 1975-182)
TYPE Data
DESCRIPTION This collection contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily raw cleaned science and engineering measurements acquired by the Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE) and the Cold Cathode Ion Gage Experiment (CCIG; also known as the Cold Cathode Gage Experiment for the time span of 03 April through 01 July 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes, that recorded 24-hour, time-edited, and rearranged raw binary data transmitted from the Moon. The extracted binary data were corrected for obvious tape read errors then transformed to ASCII format for this archive. This collection also includes one ASCII file of SIDE/CCIG-related command verification data extracted from the ARCSAV binary files.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA Apollo 12 ALSEP ARCSAV SIDE/CCIG Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Archive Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.17189/1518439 (from parent bundle)
AUTHORS Nakamura, Y.; Nagihara, S.
EDITORS Williams, D.R.; McLaughlin, S.A.
PUBLICATION YEAR 2018
DESCRIPTION This collection contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily raw cleaned science and engineering measurements acquired by the Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment (SIDE) and the Cold Cathode Ion Gage Experiment (CCIG; also known as the Cold Cathode Gage Experiment for the time span of 03 April through 01 July 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes, that recorded 24-hour, time-edited, and rearranged raw binary data transmitted from the Moon. The extracted binary data were corrected for obvious tape read errors then transformed to ASCII format for this archive. This collection also includes one ASCII file of SIDE/CCIG-related command verification data extracted from the ARCSAV binary files.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 1975-04-03T12:00:17.362Z
STOP DATE TIME 1975-07-01T11:59:48.116Z
LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME
LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME
SOLAR LONGITUDE
PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE Science
PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL Raw
PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION
PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE
PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN
PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME
INVESTIGATION Apollo 12
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT Apollo 12 ALSEP
Apollo 12 Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment
Apollo 12 Cold Cathode Ion Gage Experiment
TARGET MOON
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Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package Systems Handbook, ALSEP 1, Change 1, Unnumbered, Flight Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, January 15, 1969.

Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package ALSEP Familiarization Course Handout For Training Purposes Only, BSR 2264-B, The Bendix Corporation for NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, May 1969.

Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, Revision B, ALSEP-MT-03, NASA CR-99604, The Bendix Corporation for NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, published 1 August 1967, revised 15 April 1969.

Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package, ALSEP Flight System Familiarization Manual, Revision B / Change 1, ALSEP-MT-03, NASA CR-99604, The Bendix Corporation for NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, 18 March 1970.

Bates, J.R., W.W. Lauderdale, and H. Kernaghan, ALSEP termination report, NASA Reference Publication Series, NASA-RP-1036, 162 pages, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1979.

Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo landers, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue E8, pages 20,227-20,280, 2000.

Lauderdale, W.W., and W.F. Eichelman, Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook, NASA, TM-X-58131, Houston, Texas, August 1974, updated August 1976.

Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, L.R. Lewis, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, E.J. Grayzeck, P. Chi, and G.K. Schmidt, Search and Recovery Efforts for the ALSEP Data Tapes, 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7-11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1608, Abstract 1103, 2011.

Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, W.S. Kiefer, M.A. Hager, and H.K. Hills, Availability Of Previously Unprocessed ALSEP Raw Instrument Data and Derivative Data and Metadata Products, 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 21-25, 2016 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1903, Abstract 1194, 2016.

Rivas, R.A. and S. Pollack, Final Engineering Report for ALSEP/SIDE/CCGE (Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package / Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment / Cold Cathode Gauge Experiment), Volume 1, NASA CR-102046, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1 January 1969.

Hills, H.K. and J.W. Freeman, ALSEP SIDE Data Handbook (includes CCGE), Unpublished, Unnumbered, November 1969.

Hills, H.K. and J.W. Freeman, ALSEP SIDE data user's information package, Unpublished, Unnumbered, February 1974.