The problem was that a regular flag would look somewhat disappointing, as the Moon has an incredibly thin atmosphere, meaning the stars and stripes would droop and flop the second Neil Armstrong ...

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 Stars and Stripes expresses the spirit ... NASA engineers were excited by the prospect of Apollo astronauts raising the US flag on the moon. They developed a flagpole with a horizontal ...

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts," Trump says.

When American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969 ... extension like a shower curtain rod, so the flag could hang fully unfurled, all its stars and stripes showing. Enjoy the latest local ...

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 about his space strategy.

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 ...

The Stars and Stripes expresses the spirit ... As Platoff writes in her 2011 research paper, "Six Flags over Luna: The Role of Flags in Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories," whether the flags ...