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Buzz Aldrin salutes the first American flag erected on the Moon, July 21, 1969 (photo by Neil Armstrong). The Lunar Flag Assembly (LFA) was a kit containing a flag of the United States designed to be erected on the Moon during the Apollo program. Six such flag assemblies were planted on the Moon.
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English: Astronaut James Irwin gives salute beside U.S. flag during EVA. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed U.S. flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The flag was deployed toward the end of EVA-2.
During that time, they planted an American flag, collected about 50 pounds of moon rocks and soil, set up a seismometer to measure any lunar quakes, collected gas samples and set up a reflector so ...
The flag is also a symbol of exploration. It was planted on the moon during the first landing by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. The flag even has its own day -- each year Americans celebrate flag ...
Original – U.S. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin saluting the flag of the United States on the Moon, during Apollo 11 EVA activity. Reason Good EV, one of a kind picture, very high encyclopaedic value. Articles in which this image appears Apollo 11, Lunar Flag Assembly, 20th-century events, NASA. FP category for this image
1) "The American flag is waving in the breeze!" Moon landing deniers say there's clear photographic evidence of this, and point out that because there's no breeze on the moon, this must be fake.
Each display included Moon dust from Apollo 11 and flags, including one of the Soviet Union, taken along by Apollo 11. The rice-sized particles were four small pieces of Moon soil weighing about 50 mg and were enveloped in a clear acrylic button about as big as a United States half-dollar coin. This acrylic button magnified the grains of lunar ...