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.

                                 2019 April 1
                                      [2]
                      Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal
                Image Credit: NASA [3] , Apollo 15 [4] Team [5]

Explanation: Score three points for NASA. With time running out late in Apollo
15 [6] 's mission to the Moon [7]  in 1971, Astronaut David Scott [8]
prepared to split the uprights [9] and bring about yet another dramatic
end-of-the-mission victory for NASA. Scott used a special lunar football [10]
designed for the rugged games held on the Moon [11] . R1-D1, a predecessor to
R2-D2 [12] , cheered from the sideline. Happy April Fools' Day [13]  from the
folks at APOD [14] . In reality [15] , Astronaut Scott placed a drill [16]
that measured how temperature changed [17]  with lunar depth. The foreground
device [18]  actually detected high-energy particles [19]  that escaped from
the Sun [20] .

    No Joke: NASA Plans to Return to the Moon in the Next Five Years [21]
                     Tomorrow's picture: freeze frame ISS

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  [1] archivepix.html
  [2] image/1904/MoonKick_Apollo15_4175.jpg
  [3] https://www.nasa.gov
  [4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/mis...
  [5] https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.crew.htm...
  [6] https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.html
  [7] https://moon.nasa.gov/
  [8]
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/B...
  [9]
http://www.jargondatabase.com/Category/Sports...
split-the-uprights
  [10] https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-lunar-...
  [11] ap160201.html
  [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2-D2
  [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_...
  [14] ap960616.html
  [15] https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloar...
  [16] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AS15-...
  [17] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apoll...
  [18]
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apoll...
  [19] ap970217.html
  [20] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun...
  [21]
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/
nasa-administrator-statement-on-return-to-moon-in-next-five-years
  [22] ap190331.html
  [23] archivepix.html
  [24] lib/apsubmit2015.html
  [25] lib/aptree.html
  [26] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apo...
  [27] calendar/allyears.html
  [28] /apod.rss
  [29] lib/edlinks.html
  [30] lib/about_apod.html
  [31] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?dat...
  [32] ap190402.html
  [33] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  [34] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  [35] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnel...
  [36] http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  [37] lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  [38] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Priv...
  [39] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  [40] https://www.nasa.gov/
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  [42] http://www.mtu.edu/

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