What took place to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong is recorded in an image taken by fellow moonwalker, Buzz Aldrin, following flag planting on the moon in July 1969. (Image credit: NASA)
Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface area took all of 10 minutes throughout Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's two-and-a-half hour moonwalking experience in July 1969.That influential occasion in vexillological history was not without a lot of argument, conversation and early concerns that were run up the policy flagpole about "who owns the moon?" (Vexillology is the research study of the history, significance and use of flags.)Matthew Ward is a senior speaker in history at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He keeps in mind that the American flag is distinctly effective and appears to be present in th...