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PyPDS is a Python interface to PDS data products. For more information about PDS formatted files check out the Planetary Data System. Specifically, the following may be useful.

• PDS Standards Reference (see PL D-7669, Part 2¹)
• Planetary Science Data Dictionary (PDF containing 582 pages, see JPL D-7116²)
• Planetary Data System Proposer’s Archiving Guide, JPL D-26359. (see JPL D-26359³)

Another project to interface with PDS files is called Bippy. Bippy does not appear to be maintained and its author claims “It doesn’t exist yet in a form suitable for public distribution”.

If you have a bunch of FITS formatted files PyFITS is probably what you are looking for.

¹ Planetary Data System Standards Reference, PL D-7669, Part 2. PDF Version of the entire 531 page document

² Planetary Science Data Dictionary Document, JPL D-7116

³ Planetary Data System (PDS) Proposer’s Archiving Guide (PAG), JPL D-26359.