Solar Wind Composition Experiment

The Solar Wind Composition Experiment (SWC) was an experiment deployed on the Moon during the Apollo program. The aim was to measure and sample the solar wind outside the Earth's magnetosphere. It was the first definitive isotopic measurements of solar material.

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S-080; S080; SWC; Solar Wind Composition By Foil Entrapment
mass 0.43 kilogram, height 1400 millimetre, 
space instrument, University of Bern, Swiss National Science Foundation, 
Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 

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