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

The Moon will soon get its first flapping flag, thanks to elementary school students from Changsha in central China's Hunan Province. When the USA first sent astronauts to the Moon on Apollo 11, they ...

Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years ...

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 ...

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, as the ...

Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?

Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's two-and-a-half hour moonwalking adventure in July 1969. But that seminal event in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil ...