Hubble Presentations
The LDEF Archive System - an Option for Archiving HST Returned Hardware and Data
Brenda K. Wilson / Boeing Aerospace Operations, Inc.

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Introduction

The studies of HST returned hardware have resulted in significant data on the environments encountered in space and the effects of these environments on spacecraft.

Spacecraft developers and researchers need access to these data and returned hardware.

The Archive System initially established for LDEF can be used to provide the needed access to the HST returned hardware data.

The objectives of this presentation are to describe the LDEF Archive System and how data from other sources can be included in it.

LDEF Archive System

Designed to provide single point access to LDEF and other resources, which include data, photographs, reports, hardware and test specimens.

Includes electronic and physical archives, distributed among research locations.

Access to the archives is provided through Internet.

Key features:

• Widely accessible.
• User-friendly/easy browsing and retrieval methods.
• Minimization of costs - public domain software.
• Flexibility to add new data models and network connections.

LDEF Archive System Access

Electronic Archive:

User needs Internet address and World Wide Web (WWW) reader or client, such as NCSA Mosaic. WWW is an Internet information access initative. The NCSA is the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and its Mosaic is public domain software.

System address, or uniform resource locator (URL) is:

http://setas-www.larc.nasa.gov/setas

Physical Archive:

An index of the physical archive is contained in the electronic archive.

To obtain materials from the physical archive:

• Electronic communication - w.h.kinard@larc.nasa.gov
  
  
• Postal service, phone, fax, personal visit -
  
  
  • William H. Kinard
  • NASA Langley Research Center
  • M/S 188B
  • Hampton, VA 23681-0001
  • phone (804) 864-3796
  • fax (804) 864-8094

Concluding Remarks

Significant space environments and effects data have resulted from the studies of the HST returned hardware.

Spacecraft developers and researchers need access to these and other space environments and effects data. To satisfy this need, all such data should be archived.

The LDEF Archive System is an option for archiving the HST returned hardware data.

Archiving of space environments and effects data should be considered early in the planning cycle for the second HST servicing mission.

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