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 ...

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 ...

The Apollo missions even contributed to pollution on the moon. There are estimated to be about 800 items still on the lunar ...

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 ...

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.

joined by the moon which we still saw as we set off each morning and the stars which accompanied us during the descent. Three elements which are found on the Turkish flag. I have fond memories of ...