Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
Explanation:
Bright sunlight [ http://www.clavius.…] glints and long dark shadows dramatize [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] this image of the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] taken by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the Moon [ http://www.lpi.usra…]. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin unfurling [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Collector [ http://www.lpi.usra…A11_Experiments_SWC. html ]. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped atoms streaming outward in the solar wind, ultimately catching a sample of material from the Sun [ http://www.genesism…index.html ] itself. Along with moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis in earthbound laboratories [ http://www.hq.nasa.…ch9-6.html ].
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 11 [ http://www-pao.ksc.…apollo-11.htm ], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] (Image scanned by Kipp Teague)
facet_who:
Buzz Aldrin
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Apollo 11
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap030920

Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
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