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The episode discusses a spacecraft named Genesis that crash landed in the Utah desert while studying the Sun.

In today's image, we see a spacecraft that crash landed in the desert of Utah. It is not an alien craft, but one that was launched from Earth known as Genesis to study the Sun and collect solar wind particles to return to Earth. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast. I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: wagnerastronomy@gmail.com This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

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