Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon Apr 01 2019 11:45:30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [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/1904/MoonKick_Apollo15_4175.jpg [3] https://www.nasa.gov [4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo15.html [5] https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.crew.html [6] https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.html [7] https://moon.nasa.gov/ [8] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/Biographies/Directors/scott.html [9] http://www.jargondatabase.com/Category/Sports-and-Games/Football-Jargon/ split-the-uprights [10] https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-lunar-football [11] ap160201.html [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2-D2 [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day [14] ap960616.html [15] https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/21039601443/ [16] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AS15-87-11847_(21039601443).jpg [17] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/experiments/hf/ [18] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/experiments/sws/ [19] ap970217.html [20] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/ [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/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=190401 [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/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 A43 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .