Saturday is the 55th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing, wherein astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the first American flag on the Moon during their historic moonwalk.

But, there was science behind it. 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 ...

Buzz' on the Moon: NASA astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the US flag during an Apollo 11 EVA on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-1 captures Earth: NASA Moon Minerology ...

The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16, 1969. The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a ...