Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) Cassini Orbiter Instrument records, 1990-2007

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Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) Cassini Orbiter Instrument records, 1990-2007

MS 706


Collection Summary
Creator:	Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Science Team
Collection Name:	Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) Cassini Orbiter Instrument records
Inclusive Dates:	1990-2007
Physical Description:	1.5 Linear Feet
Abstract:	Records of the Science Team for the Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument on the Cassini Orbiter of the Cassini-Huygens space research mission run by NASA and international collaborators. Includes records related to the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Mission (CRAF) sister mission which was cancelled in the early 1990s. Includes correspondence, documents, reports, instrument design and calibration specifications and some publications and graphics.
Collection Number:	MS 706
Language:	Materials are in English.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

The Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) collected both light that is visible to humans and infrared light of slightly longer wavelengths. It separated the light into its various wavelengths so scientists could learn about the composition of materials from which the light is reflected or emitted. Scientists used VIMS to determine the content and temperatures of atmospheres, rings and surfaces in the Saturn system. The instrument analyzed light but scientists also created images from its data, similar to a visible-light camera. The Primary Investigator for VIMS is Bob Brown of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. VIMS is an instrument on the Cassini-Huygens Space-Research Mission which, for nearly 20 years shared the wonders of Saturn and its family of icy moons—taking us to astounding worlds where methane rivers run to a methane sea and where jets of ice and gas are blasting material into space from a liquid water ocean that might harbor the ingredients for life. Cassini was a joint endeavor of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency) and the Italian space agency (ASI).

Scope and Content Note

Collection includes original proposal to NASA in 1990 and carefully selected correspondence and project files found in Box 1 Folders 1-8. Extensive project management document and reports, including many calibration reports and procedures. Many presentations from a Science Team Meeting held in Tucson in February, 2003. Folders organized chronologically, but folder contents not arranged.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Access Terms

Corporate Name(s)

Cassini (Spacecraft)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

University of Arizona. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

Geographic Name(s)

Jupiter (Planet)

Saturn (Planet)

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) Cassini Orbiter Instrument records (MS 706). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries

Processing History

Processed by Molly Stothert-Maurer in 2019.

Container List


box	folder
1	1	VIMS proposal to NASA, 1990


1	2-3		Correspondence, 1991-2003


1	4		JPL Interoffice Memos, 1991-1997


1	5		Instrument design, 1990-1998


1	6		Proposals to join team, 1991, undated


1	7-8		Documents and Data, 1991-2001


1	9		Publications and Graphics, 1991-2000


1	10		Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Mission (CRAF), correspondence, reports, 1990-1992


box	folder
2	1	CRAF VIMS Investigation Description and Science Requirements Documents, 1990-1991


2	2		Report of CIRS Team Meeting, from Bob Nelson to Bob Brown, 1991


2	3		C/C VIMS V Sensor Report, Officine Galileo, Francis Reininger, 1991


2	4-5		VIMS Optical Filters, Perkins-Elmer, Cube Files, 1994-1995


2	6		Solar Port Calibration, 1996


2	7		VIMS Spectral Calibration Log (blue binder), 1996


2	8		VIMS Calibration Report: Polarization and Solar Cal Port (blue binder), 1996


2	9		VIMS IR Geometric Calibration (blue binder), 1996


2	10		VIMS IR Radiometric Calibration Log, January 6-15, 1996


2	11		VIMS Calibration, 1996-1997


2	12		Nuclear power protests, 1997


2	13		VIMS Pointing: Plan for observing stars, 1998, 2001


2	14		Titan, VIMS Presentation, R. Clark, 1999


2	15		Software Interface Specifications, 2000


2	16		Satellites Orbiter Science Team (S. O. S. T.) Report, PSG Meeting, Berlin, 2000


2	17		Strategies and Plans for VIMS Jupiter Data Analysis Effort, undated


2	18		Wavelength charts, Ganymede, Io, Callisto, undated


2	18A		Observation planning for Jupiter flyby, undated


2	19		Spectral Observations, 2002


2	20		VIMS/Cassini Meeting, Capri, Italy, 2002


2	21		Dana Kerola, Geometrics Calibration report, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2001


2	22		Alan Stevenson, Instrument Status report, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	23		Mark Showalter, XD-TWT report, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	24		Phil Nicholson, Ring TWT presentation, 2003


2	25		Ralf Jaumann presentation, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	26		Karl Hibbitts, Radiometric Calibration Report, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	27		Gianrico Filacchione Solar Port Results presentation, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	28		Roger Clark, Data Processing Plan presentation, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	29		Pierre Drossart, Titan Observation presentation, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	30		Bonnie Buratti, TOST report presentation, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	31		Charlie Avis, Flight S/W Status presentation, VIMS Science Team Meeting, 2003


2	32		VIMS-V Calibration Proceedure, Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF), 2005


2	33-34		CASPER renderings to plan flybys, 2005-2007