Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Sun Nov 04 2018 05:32:34 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 November 4 [2] Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert Image Credit: USAF 388th [3] Range Sqd., Genesis Mission [4] , NASA [5] Explanation: A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. The year was 2004, and no space aliens [6] were involved. The saucer, pictured here [7] , was the Genesis [8] sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis [9] spaceship launched [10] in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. The unexpectedly hard landing [11] at over 300 kilometers per hour occurred because the parachutes did not open as planned. The Genesis mission [12] had been orbiting the Sun [13] collecting solar wind [14] particles that are usually deflected away by Earth's magnetic field [15] . Despite the crash landing, many return samples remained in good enough condition to analyze. So far, Genesis [16] -related discoveries include new details about the composition [17] of the Sun [18] and how the abundance of some types of elements differ across the Solar System [19] . These results have provided intriguing clues [20] into details of how the Sun and planets formed [21] billions of years ago. Tomorrow's picture: old blue eye ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [22] | Archive [23] | Submissions [24] | Index [25] | Search [26] | Calendar [27] | RSS [28] | Education [29] | About APOD [30] | Discuss [31] | > [32] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [33] (MTU [34] ) & Jerry Bonnell [35] (UMCP [36] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [37] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [38] A service of: ASD [39] at NASA [40] / GSFC [41] & Michigan Tech. U. [42] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1811/GenesisImpact_nasa_800.jpg [3] https://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/ [4] https://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/ [5] https://www.nasa.gov/ [6] http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/SFafter1940.html [7] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/multimedia/genesisrecov090804-2.html [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5q60jDs2Jg [9] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=635 [10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kf9S27Yh1A [11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1avDhBcwzI [12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft) [13] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/ [14] ap970217.html [15] https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84266/measuring-earths-magnetism [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft) [17] http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/gm2/news/features/closer.htm [18] ap180926.html [19] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/media/genesis20110623.html [20] http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015NatGe...8..515F [21] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/in-depth/ [22] ap181103.html [23] archivepix.html [24] lib/apsubmit2015.html [25] lib/aptree.html [26] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [27] calendar/allyears.html [28] /apod.rss [29] lib/edlinks.html [30] lib/about_apod.html [31] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=181104 [32] ap181105.html [33] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [34] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [35] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [36] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [37] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [38] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [39] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [40] https://www.nasa.gov/ [41] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [42] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .