Planetary Data System

Planetary Data System (PDS)
Abbreviation	PDS
Type	Distributed data system
Purpose	Data archiving for Solar System missions
Location	United States;
Parent organization	NASA Headquarters' Planetary Sciences Division

The Planetary Data System (PDS) is a distributed data system that NASA uses to archive data collected by Solar System missions.

The PDS is an active archive that makes available well documented, peer reviewed planetary data to the research community.^[1] The data comes from orbital, landed and robotic missions and ground-based support data associated with those missions. It is managed by NASA Headquarters' Planetary Sciences Division.

^ "PDS: PDS Charter" (PDF). pds.nasa.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

[1] "PDS: PDS Charter" (PDF). pds.nasa.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

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