Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2018 October 22
                                      [2]
                         Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
                  Image Credit: Apollo 12 [3]  Crew, NASA [4]

Explanation: Apollo 12 [5]  was the second mission to land humans [6]  on the
Moon [7] . The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor [8]
 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the Moon [9] three years earlier. In
the featured photograph [10] , taken by lunar module pilot Alan Bean [11] ,
mission commander Pete Conrad [12] jiggles [13]  the Surveyor spacecraft to
see how firmly it is situated. The lunar module [14]  is visible [15]  in the
distance. Apollo 12 [16] brought back many photographs and moon rocks. Among
the milestones achieved by Apollo 12 was the deployment [17]  of the Apollo
Lunar Surface Experiments Package [18] , which carried out many experiments
including one that measured the solar wind [19] .

                      Tomorrow's picture: super cluster

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  [4] https://www.nasa.gov/
  [5] https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/a...
  [6] http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo....
  [7] moon.html
  [8] https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/s...
  [9] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moo...
  [10] https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.htm...
  [11] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/alan-bean
  [12] ap990715.html
  [13] https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.htm...
  [14] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/50-years-ago-the...
  [15] ap951007.html
  [16]
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/...
landing-missions/apollo12.cfm
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  [18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Su...
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