NASA almost went to the Moon without packing an American flag. In fact, at the moment the space agency decided it wanted to take a flag, it was so close to the launch of the first Moon landing ...

NASA . This American flag flew outside one of the cupola windows of the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer captured the image during Expedition 51.

NASA says it plans to send the flag back into space when the Artemis 2 crew goes on a round-the-moon trip in their Orion deep-space capsule, potentially as early as 2023.

However, the flag probably isn't still standing. The working presumption at NASA is that the flag fell, said John Uri, manager of the Johnson Space Center History Office.

The flag first rocketed to orbit on the inaugural space shuttle mission, STS-1. It was later left on the ISS by the crew of NASA's final space shuttle flight in 2011, called STS-135, of which ...

The story of the flags on the Moon, starting with Apollo 11, is a complicated mix of engineering, politics, and symbolism. ... Buzz Aldrin salutes the flag at Tranquility Base. NASA.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during a flag-raising ceremony in recognition and celebration of Juneteenth on June 15, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in ...

The flag was left on the space station during NASA’s final shuttle mission, STS-135, which included Hurley, with the intention that it would be captured by the next crew to launch from the US.

The flag, which was seen ... FLYING A FLAG ON THE MOON. Nasa engineers faced a unique challenge when designing the American flag that would be planted on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

NASA issued a statement rebuking cosmonauts' display of a pro-Russian separatist flag on the International Space Station this week, a rare move for the agency that espouses the outpost as a place ...