But the story of the flags on the Moon, starting with Apollo 11, is a complicated mix of engineering, politics, and symbolism. Space Complicates Everything.

USA TODAY first published this story in July 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. July 20, 2020, marks 51 years since the moon landing. You know the photo: Buzz Aldrin, standing on ...

Apollo 11 Apollo 11 flag, flight plan page, roll of film used on the Moon up for auction. By James Rogers Fox News. Published June 19, 2019 5:15pm EDT | Updated June 19, 2019 5:31pm EDT. Facebook ...

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?

MOON landing conspiracy theorists are convinced the American flag planted by NASA’s Apollo 11 flapped and waved on the wind, proving the Moon landing was filmed here on Earth. By Sebastian Kettley.

In NASA's Apollo 11 photos, the flag appears to be waving in the breeze, despite the fact that the moon has virtually no atmosphere, meaning there’s no wind. Comments. Science.

As the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission gets closer, a U.S. flag that flew to the Moon during the mission sold at auction for an out of this world sum: $62,500.

The flag, which was seen flying on the airless Moon, courted several controversies to the extent that some even denied the Moon landing ever happened. ... Apollo 11's landing site.

Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, is beside the U.S. flag during an Apollo 11 moon walk.

The flag is from July 20, 1969, the day astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon. ... For just $14,000, you can own the American flag flown aboard Apollo 11.

Apollo 11 astronauts watched the Earth rise above the moon’s horizon on July 20, 1969. NASA / JSC. A camera was rolling as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin climbed down from the Eagle lunar lander ...