ESA's Planetary Science Archive (PSA)

Wondering where to find, or even if you can use at all, science data from the European Space Agency’s Solar System missions?

This is where you need to go -->  https://psa.esa.int !

The European Space Agency's past and current Solar System space missions have produced, and continue to produce, tons of data for scientific use, which are available in ESA's Planetary Science Archive (PSA) and can be accessed through the web user interface (web UI) at https://psa.esa.int.

PSA data products are all scientifically peer-reviewed in the Planetary Data System (PDS) standard with the aim of preserving the data for the long term, having in view the use of new techniques or methodologies that are not available when the missions are carried out. Space missions with data in the PSA include BepiColombo, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, Giotto, Huygens, Juice, Mars Express, Rosetta, SMART-1 and Venus Express.

The web UI provides search by mission, target, instrument type, processing level, observational geometry and other parameters, so you can easily find the data you are looking for. This interface also allows a user to skim through "browse" data products, which give a quick, visual, snapshot of the data. In addition, where possible, map-based searches in 2D and 3D are possible. The web UI is supplemented by programmatic interfaces (APIs) and a secure FTP server. All of these services are under constant evolution and your feedback is greatly appreciated on how we can improve.





Joana S. Oliveira is an archive scientist working for the European Space Agency (ESA) JUICE and Heliophysics missions, with a background in planetary sciences. She is interested in learning about the history of rocky planets through their magnetic field signals.




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