The moon is mysteriously rusting, and there's a solid chance it isn't doing so with the Apollo 11 flag standing upright on its surface.That flag reportedly fell over at some point, with Aldrin and ...

The same is possibly the case for the Apollo 15 flag, which was planted on the moon on July 26, 1971, by astronauts David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, and Alfred M. Worden.

The country’s national flag made its moon debut in December 2013 during the country’s first lunar landing. It also made an appearance on the dark side of the moon in January 2019, the outlet ...

The 3-by-5-foot nylon flag and pole had to be specially designed because the moon's lack of atmosphere means flags can't fly in the breeze. A horizontal crossbar was added to keep the $5.50 flag ...

These photos show that the shadows of the flags are still there. There’s even a video showing how the shadows change as the Moon rotates. Indeed, all of them are standing up except the one left ...

The story of the flags on the Moon, starting with Apollo 11, is a complicated mix of engineering, politics, and symbolism. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured. Featured. Breaking News.

But the Apollo flags are still there, all except for the very first one planted by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on that first moon walk 43 years ago this month.

An engineer on the NASA team that designed the first flag to go to the moon, Moser was told to keep it hush-hush. "It was not a military, Department of Defense secret.

Fifty-five years ago this year, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission successfully landed two astronauts on the moon. As many as 650 million people watched Neil Armstrong plant the American flag into the ...