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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: telescope115
Check out the link at post number 8! (it is about 30 seconds, but worth every second!
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07/29/2023 6:51:59 PM PDT
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rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Bounced2X; Campion
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07/29/2023 6:52:32 PM PDT
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rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: dragnet2
Heh, I don't think it is that bad!
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07/29/2023 6:53:59 PM PDT
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rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: rlmorel
That’s great- that would be me…😁
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posted on
07/29/2023 7:27:57 PM PDT
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telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: telescope115
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07/30/2023 4:32:58 AM PDT
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rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: MtnClimber
#2 You can clearly see the 2 of the spotlights in the studio!!
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07/30/2023 11:42:50 AM PDT
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minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
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