When the USA first sent astronauts to the Moon on Apollo 11, they wanted to plant an American flag on the surface. The ...

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.

Now, China, which is already working on developing a research station on the Moon, is set to launch a technology that will ...

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.

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 ...

Former astronaut Nancy Currie-Gregg strode amid tall grass and planted a Texas A&M University flag on what will soon ... “We’re going to have a replica of the moon’s lunar surface and ...

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 ...

Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong is captured in an image taken by fellow moonwalker, Buzz Aldrin, following flag planting on the moon in July 1969. | Credit: NASA Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient ...

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 air, ...

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 ...