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Solar System Exploration Data Services Office

Overview


The Solar System Exploration Data Services Office (SSEDSO) coordinates the management and archiving of NASA space science data. As part of this mission, SSEDSO operates the NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) and the Planetary Data System (PDS) Project Office and provides requested guidance to the science active archive centers. SSEDSO is actively working to achieve NASA’s Open Science vision—to be F.A.I.R. (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).

The NSSDCA provides master catalogs, data archiving and preservation, and other information services. It oversees the availability of NASA space science data for the next generation of researchers. The Archive ensures access to existing and future NASA space science data.

The Project Office manages PDS, the long-term archive of digital data products returned from NASA's planetary missions, and from other kinds of flight and ground-based data acquisitions, including laboratory experiments. The archive is actively managed by planetary scientists to help ensure its usefulness and usability by the worldwide planetary science community.