Repository details

High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center

Name of repository
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
Additional name(s)
  • HEASARC
  • NASA's HEASARC
Repository URL
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Subject(s)
Description
The HEASARC is a multi-mission astronomy archive for the EUV, X-ray, and Gamma ray wave bands. Because EUV, X and Gamma rays cannot reach the Earth's surface it is necessary to place the telescopes and sensors on spacecraft. The HEASARC now holds the data from 25 observatories covering over 30 years of X-ray, extreme-ultraviolet and gamma-ray astronomy. Data and software from many of the older missions were restored by the HEASARC staff. Examples of these archived missions include ASCA, BeppoSAX, Chandra, Compton GRO, HEAO 1, Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2), EUVE, EXOSAT, HETE-2, INTEGRAL, ROSAT, Rossi XTE, Suzaku, Swift, and XMM-Newton.
Contact(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
over 160 Terabytes of data
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • other
Mission statement for designated community
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/HHP_heasarc_info.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (3)

Institution
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1999
Institution
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center
Additional name(s)
  • NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
Additional name(s)
  • HEASARC
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1990

Policies (1)

Policy Name
NASA Web Privacy Policy & Important Notices

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
open
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
FTP
Url
ftp://legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Entry date
2012-10-18
Last update
2024-09-20
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re3data.org: High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center; editing status 2024-09-20; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R38C7Q last accessed: 2025-03-21