HOUSTON, Texas -- The buzz in space world today is that NASA has made it official: All but one of the American flags planted on the moon by the Apollo astronauts are still standing. Not so cool is ...

Even though the Apollo 11 American flag's time on the moon has likely come to an end, it certainly wasn't the only American flag to grace the moon. Others were planted in subsequent decades ...

NASA has finally answered a long-standing question: all but one of the six American flags on the Moon are still standing up. Everyone is now proudly talking about it. The only problem is that they ...

American flags on the moon are some of the most memorable images from the historic Apollo missions. But what has become of the six American flags planted there by astronauts? Cameras attached ...

our astronauts deployed six American flags on the Moon. For forty-odd years, the flags have been exposed to the full fury of the Moon's environment – alternating 14 days of searing sunlight and ...

New images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera confirm that five of the six American flags on the moon survive. When NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009, of course ...

He notes that the American flag is distinctively powerful and seems to be present in the imagery of almost every key event in American history, from Apollo moon landings to firefighters raising ...

The probable current state of the Apollo American flags on the Moon: Symbolic? Today is the 42 nd anniversary of man’s landing on the Moon. The first step on the Moon – the step that ...

Apollo 17, launched on December 7, 1972, featured the last humans to walk on the moon. As astronaut Eugene Cernan and geologist Harrison “Jack” Schmitt were placing the American flag into the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Fifty years ago this week, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ...

our astronauts deployed six American flags on the Moon. For forty-odd years, the flags have been exposed to the full fury of the Moon’s environment – alternating 14 days of searing sunlight ...