Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... The fifth lunar landing mission out of six, Apollo 16 was famous for deploying and using an ultraviolet telescope as the first lunar observatory, and for collecting rocks and data on the mysterious lunar highlands. ... A mosaic of recent NEAR images recorded.. ... The bright object visible below and slightly left of center of this recently released picture is the reflection nebula NGC 1999. Supernova 1994D and the Unexpected Universe . ... First page ] Prev. ...