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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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   
      
                           Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun   
           Image Credit: Apollo 11, NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague)   
      
      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.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: Sunday's Childe   
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