Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface.

The Apollo missions even contributed to pollution on the moon. There are estimated to be about 800 items still on the lunar ...

Before departure, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin raised the American flag on the moon, an image that demonstrated American ...

Research work on building China's Chang'e 7 lunar exploration mission includes sending a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere. "We know that the moon is vacuum with no ...

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But that seminal event in vexillological history was not without a lot of debate, discussion and early worries that were run up the policy flagpole about "who owns the moon?" (Vexillology is the study ...

Chang'e 7 mission, slated to reach the moon's south pole next year, will include a flag that can flutter even in the vacuum of space You can save this article by registering for free here.

As South Korea's Constitutional Court adjudicates President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, Justice Moon Hyung-bae has become ...

Duke took the flags with him to the Moon on Apollo 16 in 1972. “We are grateful to General Duke for this generous ...

While lunar images have proven that the American flags planted during the Apollo missions are still standing on the moon, lunar scientists have now said that they probably no longer hold the ...

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to “plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars” but made no mention of NASA’s planned return to the Moon, heightening speculation ...