... 2006 May 23 . Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Passes the Earth . Credit Copyright: Thad V'Soske ( Cosmotions.com ) . ... advantage of the close approach of crumbling 73P / Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 to make time-lapse movies of the fast-moving ...
... Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: Fragment B . Credit: NASA , ESA , H. Weaver ( JHU / APL ), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay ( STScI ) . ... Explanation: Periodic comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 has fallen apart before. ...
... 2006 April 26 . Crumbling Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Approaches . Credit: FORS1 , 8.2-meter VLT Kueyen , ESO . ... Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 is brightening and may even be visible to the unaided eye when the fragmented comet zooms past ...
... April 8, 1999 . Apollo 12: Surveyor 3 and Intrepid . Credit: Apollo 12 , NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague) . ... Explanation: On April 20, 1967, NASA's robot spacecraft Surveyor 3 landed on the moon, touching down on the inside slope of a ...
... October 8, 1995 . Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3 . Credit: NASA , Kennedy Space Center . ... The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the moon three years ...
... 2001 March 3 . Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3 . Credit: Apollo 12 Crew, NASA . Explanation: Apollo 12 was the second mission to land humans on the Moon . ... In the above photograph , taken by lunar module pilot Alan Bean , mission commander Pete...
... 2009 November 3 . Seven Sisters Versus California . Credit Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors) . ... The Pleiades contains over 3,000 stars, is about 400 light years away, and only 13 light years across. ...
... 2008 October 3 . Young Suns of NGC 7129 . Credit Copyright : Bob and Janice Fera ( Fera Photography ) . ... Explanation: Young suns still lie within dusty NGC 7129 , some 3,000 light-years away toward the royal constellation Cepheus . ...
... 2009 May 23 . Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Stereo View . Credit Apollo 12 , NASA ; Stereo Image by Patrick Vantuyne . ... The 3D scene features Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in November of 1969. ...