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.

So, is the American flag still on the moon? On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 mission astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ...

Before departure, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin raised the American flag on the moon, an image that demonstrated American ...

And it still seems like only yesterday my brother and I were glued to the TV in the wee hours of the morning, waiting with great anticipation for the two astronauts to descend out of the tiny moon ...

The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a model of the moon in 1969. Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin pose in front of ...

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent approximately ... he was joined about 20 minutes later by Aldrin. They planted a flag and spoke to President Nixon by radio link-up. The astronauts also ...