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.

The problem was that a regular flag would look somewhat disappointing, as the Moon has an incredibly thin atmosphere, meaning the stars and stripes ... into the ground by one astronaut, before ...

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 ... in meaning. The Stars and Stripes expresses ...