Over the past 50 years, 6 flags have been planted on the lunar surface, and the first one was in 1969. Scientists have been ...

When the USA first sent astronauts to the Moon on Apollo 11, they wanted to plant an American flag on the surface. The ...

The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics ...

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our ...

In Platoff's report, she points out that NASA engineers were challenged by the prospect of Apollo astronauts raising a flag on the moon. "They designed a flagpole with a horizontal bar allowing ...

Trump’s pledge to go to Mars without mentioning the moon has caused some head-scratching and even consternation in the media.

"Can you image how awesome it will be to have American astronauts plant the flag on another planet for the first time ... as well as a a future human lunar lander known as Blue Moon. For now, there is ...

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.

During his first term, the Republican launched the Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon as a stepping stone to ...

AFP via Getty Images American astronauts last walked on the moon in 1972 during the final Apollo mission. More than 15 years later, President George H.W. Bush called for further missions to Earth ...