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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
NASA ^
| 29 Jul, 2023
| Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague)
Posted on 07/29/2023 11:45:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the surface of the Moon. It was taken fifty-four years ago, July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin is unfurling a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Composition Experiment. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped particles streaming outward in the solar wind, catching a sample of material from the Sun itself. Along with moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis in earthbound laboratories.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
07/29/2023 11:45:18 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
07/29/2023 11:45:52 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Can you believe that there are folk who believe that the moon landing was faked?!
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posted on
07/29/2023 11:46:01 AM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: No name given
Can you believe that there are folk who believe that the moon landing was faked?! Waiting for "FAKE" post 5...4...3...2...1...
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posted on
07/29/2023 11:48:31 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: No name given
"Can you believe that there are folk who believe that the moon landing was faked?!" I know for a FACT they were faked!
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posted on
07/29/2023 11:49:05 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: rlmorel
Yep. The truth (debunked) is everywhere.
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posted on
07/29/2023 11:58:11 AM PDT
by
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
To: MtnClimber; No name given
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posted on
07/29/2023 12:01:25 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: MtnClimber
They have not found where they left the flag on Mars yet.
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posted on
07/29/2023 12:03:58 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
07/29/2023 12:05:11 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: No name given
Only the banjo was faked.
To: MtnClimber
Yeah, there is at least one on FR.
Hard to believe at first, had thought that was a democrat thing.
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posted on
07/29/2023 12:49:00 PM PDT
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doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: No name given
Can you believe that there are folk who believe that the moon landing was faked?! Not sure why this site even has science or APOD stories. They're immediately mocked, with the usual kiddy potty jokes thrown in. It's like these people have a strange aversion for anything science. It's quite odd.
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posted on
07/29/2023 1:27:30 PM PDT
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dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Telepathic Intruder
I feel a strange compulsion to consume vast quantities of Tang. No idea why. :-)
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posted on
07/29/2023 1:54:12 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
(Stand up, or bend over)
To: Bounced2X
Seriously? They wore overshoes with tread on them; IIRC they left them on the moon.
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posted on
07/29/2023 3:20:18 PM PDT
by
Campion
(Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
To: Bounced2X
Zoom in on Aldrin's feet and you can clearly see the gray and blue overshoes.
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posted on
07/29/2023 3:25:18 PM PDT
by
Campion
(Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
To: Campion
Zoom in on Aldrin's feet and you can clearly see the gray and blue overshoes. I can see that.
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posted on
07/29/2023 4:05:41 PM PDT
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Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
To: MtnClimber
I remember it like it was yesterday. I still have the Life Magazine with one of the astronauts on the cover. I’m gonna have to dig that out…
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posted on
07/29/2023 4:37:26 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: MtnClimber
I worked with one of those guys. He was a Viet Nam vet, and a good conservative.
But I just could NOT convince him to accept that fact that they really did it.
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posted on
07/29/2023 4:40:41 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: rlmorel
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posted on
07/29/2023 5:25:04 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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