Google doodle Dilhan Eryurt, a Turkish astrophysicist and NASA scientist, was honored on the 51st anniversary of Apollo 11's moon landing on Monday.
Eryurt, born in Turkey in 1926, studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Istanbul. In her long career as an astrophysicist, Eryurt worked with Alastair GW Cameron at NASA to study the properties and evolution of the sun. Her research contributed to the success of the Apollo 11 mission and she was later awarded the Apollo Achievement Award for her contributions.
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The scribble shows Eryurt staring at the word "Google" and forming the night sky, which is filled with stars, planets, constellations and a rocket. Google also referred to Eryurt's interest in math with a constellation in the form of the square root symbol.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first people to walk on the moon over five decades ago. Last year, Google celebrated the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission with an animated doodle told by Michael Collins, Apollo 11's command module pilot.
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