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.
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Corporate Name(s)
Cassini (Spacecraft)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
University of Arizona. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory