Who planted flags on the Moon and when The first US flag was planted during Apollo 11 in July 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted it on the lunar surface during their first ...

Duke took the flags with him to the Moon on Apollo 16 in 1972. “We are grateful to General Duke for this generous ...

When the USA first sent astronauts to the Moon on Apollo 11, they wanted to plant an American flag on the surface. The problem was that a regular flag would look somewhat disappointing ...

An Apollo 16 astronaut has revealed why a family portrait has been sitting on the moon for over half a century ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) – A former NASA astronaut has donated state of Kansas flags that made trips to the moon and back to the Cosmosphere. The space museum and science center has received a ...

Trump’s new decor of the Oval Office could reflect the president’s Mars-bias, chucking the lunar rock out of the White House.

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

During his first term, the Republican launched the Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon as a stepping stone to the Red Planet -- yet even then he expressed doubts about the Moon's ...