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    • VL1/VL2 MARS LCS EXPERIMENT DATA RECORD V1.0

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The imaging system on the Viking Landers consisted of two identical cameras. These cameras operated throughout the mission and returned nearly 6600 images. This dataset includes the Experiment Data Record (EDR) version of all available images acquired on Mars by the Viking Lander imaging systems. This EDR dataset is the primary record of lander image data as it was received on Earth. EDR images were originally distributed to lander imaging team members and to NSSDC as photoproducts and digitally on 9-track magnetic tapes. The images in this dataset have not been processed in any form other then generating and attaching PDS labels and histograms to the original EDR data. This dataset also includes documentation about the imaging system and radiometric and geometric calibration of the image data EDR images for loading into spreadsheet or DBMS programs.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 1, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 1, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vl1-vl2-m-lcs-2-edr-v1.0_qiz3-yknv
    Data First Published 2021-05-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id bbb9ab7e-150e-4710-a3af-6682afc53d46
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=VL1%2FVL2-M-LCS-2-EDR-V1.0
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 463b3d01cd8e40e04ae78e0ffb3fc226773690b6f70654118226f4f0478d4feb
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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