The footprints of astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. stand out very clearly. [Photo: NASA] The flag was the exclamation point to the adventure itself. It was a moment that ...

[Video: Moon Photos Prove Apollo Flags Still Stand] Robinson calls these photos ... the environment," scientist James Fincannon, of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, wrote in the ...

GREENBELT, Md., July 30 (UPI) -- NASA says new photographs from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show most of the American flags planted on the moon by Apollo astronauts are still standing.

Nasa engineers faced a unique challenge when ... harsh lunar environment and the intense sunlight. To ensure the flag would stand upright in the Moon's lower gravity, Kinzler's team added a ...