Damian J. Christian, Faith Abney, Thomas Comeau, Robert Hanisch, Jill Harrison, Catherine Imhoff, Richard Kidwell, Timothy Kimball, Karen Levay, Paolo Padovani, Marc Postman, Joel Richon, Myron Smith, and Randall Thompson (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore MD, 21218)
Reference URL: http://archive.stsci.edu/mast.html
We present an overview of the recently created Multi Mission Archive at Space Telescope (MAST). Based on the success of the Hubble Data Archive, and taking advantage of its existing archive infrastructure, the STScI archive has recently expanded by providing access to non-HST data sets. These include the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE), Copernicus (OAO-3), the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), and VLA First data sets. The Digitized Sky survey is also accessible through MAST. Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) currently scheduled for launch in early 1999, ASTRO HUT and WUPPE data sets, and ORFEUS 1 & 2 EUV spectrometer data will be added in the near future. Users can request data via a WWW interface at http://archive.stsci.edu/mast.html. Two 480-platter Plasmon CD-ROM jukeboxes will be used to store on site and provide easy access to the MAST data. Data hierarchy, ingest and retrievals, plans for expansion, and features of the web interface will also be presented.