M³ data products are free and available to the science community and general public. M³ data is distributed by the NASA Planetary Data System (PDS) Imaging Node. Below are some helpful tutorials and tools to assist you with M³ data products.

Overview and help with M³ Data

M³ Data Tutorial (PDF, presentation) - Learn how to access M³ data and to search for areas of interest using NASA's PDS tools.

M³ Mission and Data Overview (PDF, presentation) - Provides a brief overview of the M³ instrument and mission as well as an overview of M3 data products including the calibration pipeline process and PDS archive contents for Level 1B and Level 2 products.

Working with M³ Data (PDF, presentation) - Learn how to work with M³ L1B data including conversion of radiance to I/F using commercially-available software.
     - Download a sample radiance and I/F data cube (~100 MB) here.

Tools for Accessing M³ Data

Lunar Orbital Data Explorer (ODE) hosted by the PDS Geosciences Node - The ODE provides search, display, and download tools for the PDS science data archives of lunar-related missions.

Online Data Volumes - Direct access to the M³ online data volumes hosted by the PDS Imaging Node

Planetary Image Atlas hosted by the PDS Imaging Node- The Planetary Image Atlas is a single interface through which you can search the vast amounts of data collected by numerous NASA planetary missions and archived by the Planetary Data System. Note that the primary audience for this interface is members of the Science Community with some previous exposure to NASA Missions and the raw data produced.

NASA's Photojournal - Features M³ images available for download

Miscellaneous Material Related to M³ Data

The Solar Spectrum Resampled to M³ Global-mode wavelengths and Target-mode wavelengths for supplemental use with the M3 PDS Archive is available for download.

For use with M³ Global-mode data - download the Solar Spectrum.

For use with M³ Target-mode data - download the Solar Spectrum.

Got a Question? Ask us!

Got a question regarding M³ data products or documentation? Post your question on the Ask Us web page and the M³ Project will endeavor to provide the answer.