Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but it was too late. The Apollo 11 crew had a design for the first moon landing. Armstrong's ...

The WMF's concern isn't just about physical preservation but also about maintaining the historical and cultural value these ...

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface.

The 'forgotten astronaut' of the 1969 moon landing shared the bizarre way they were treated upon returning to Earth following ...

Apollo 11 saw Commander Neil Armstrong in the left seat, and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin in the right seat. After piloting the lunar module Eagle down to the first-ever Moon landing ...

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent 21 hours on the Moon during Apollo 11. The final Moon landing during Apollo 17 lasted 75 hours. Two weeks on the Moon with this equipment sounds like a nightmare.

from Apollo moon landings to firefighters raising the flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center on 9/11 in 2001. "It is difficult to think of any other flag that's so heavily invested in meaning.