Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2023 July 29 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun Image Credit: [3]Apollo 11, [4]NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague) Explanation: Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the [5]surface of the Moon. It was taken [6]fifty-four years ago, July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut [7]Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface. [8]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 [9]Solar Wind Composition Experiment. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped particles streaming outward in the solar wind, catching a sample of [10]material from the Sun itself. Along with moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis in earthbound laboratories. Tomorrow's picture: Sunday's Childe __________________________________________________________________ [11]< | [12]Archive | [13]Submissions | [14]Index | [15]Search | [16]Calendar | [17]RSS | [18]Education | [19]About APOD | [20]Discuss | [21]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [22]Robert Nemiroff ([23]MTU) & [24]Jerry Bonnell ([25]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [26]Specific rights apply. [27]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [28]ASD at [29]NASA / [30]GSFC [31]NASA Science Activation & [32]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2307/AS11-40-5872HR.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html 4. https://www.nasa.gov/ 5. https://www.facebook.com/people/Apollo-Lunar-Surface-Journal/100057623282572/ 6. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/history/jsc50/as11-40-5875.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230722.html 8. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/images11.html#5872 9. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1969-059C-02 10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/genesis/in-depth/ 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230728.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 15. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 20. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230729 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230730.html 22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 25. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 27. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 31. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 32. http://www.mtu.edu/