Nasa engineers faced a unique challenge when designing the American flag that would be planted on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. The task of creating a flag that could "fly" in the airless ...

July 20th is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo ...

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. | Credit: NASA ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands on the moon facing a U.S. flag during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. Sample from this mission were gifted to Ireland and later destroyed in a fire.

55 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA still stacks space future in VAB. Brooke Edwards, Florida Today. Fri, ... That painted flag measures 110-feet-wide by 206-feet-tall.

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 ...

55 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA still stacks space future in VAB. Brooke Edwards. Florida Today. ... That painted flag measures 110-feet-wide by 206-feet-tall.

In an historic image, U.S. astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969.

Platoff explains that Apollo 11's flag-raising on the moon was strictly a symbolic activity. ... moonwalker Pete Conrad erects the American flag. (Image credit: NASA) Flagpole design .