Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:oms.a16c::1.0
NAME APOLLO 16 ORBITAL MASS SPECTROMETER (OMS) EXPERIMENT
TYPE SPECTROMETER
DESCRIPTION
Apollo 16 Orbital Mass Spectrometer (OMS) Experiment, carried on board the Command and Servicing Module, measured the composition of the lunar atmosphere.
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REFERENCES Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-315, 622 pages, published by NASA, Washingtion, D.C., 1972.

Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook, NASA Technical Memorandum X-58131, JSC-09166, published by NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, Aug. 1974.

Hoffman, J. H., Lunar orbital mass spectrometer, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp. 403-416, 1972.