[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...