Over the past 50 years, 6 flags have been planted on the lunar surface, and the first one was in 1969. Scientists have been ...

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.

"Can you see the flag the astronauts left there?" This then leads to a discussion on how far the Moon is, versus the ...

When the USA first sent astronauts to the Moon on Apollo 11, they wanted to plant an American flag on the surface. The problem was that a regular flag would look somewhat disappointing ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Research work on building China's Chang'e 7 lunar exploration mission includes sending a flag ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Aldrin is still planting flags 56 years after he did so on the moon, only now it is in a commercial asking "Can you text me ...