The same is possibly the case for the Apollo 15 flag, which was planted on the moon on July 26, 1971, by astronauts David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, and Alfred M. Worden.

The moon is mysteriously rusting, and there's a solid chance it isn't doing so with the Apollo 11 flag standing upright on its surface.That flag reportedly fell over at some point, with Aldrin and ...

Fifty-five years ago this year, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission successfully landed two astronauts on the moon. As many as 650 million people watched Neil Armstrong plant the American flag into the ...

But if you want to plant a flag on the moon and leave it there, it won’t flutter in the long run. China wants to address that through the interaction of electromagnetic fields.

China's Chang'e 7 moon-landing mission will apparently include a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Space.