Pictures Of The United States Flag On The Moon
The one flag that hasn t been photographed is the apollo 11 american flag the historic first human moon landing on july 20 1969.
Pictures of the united states flag on the moon. Though the soviet union sent the first person into space the united states took the lead in the space race when it landed two men on the moon. Conspiracy theorists claim this is proof that the whole thing was staged. All moon and material experts have no doubt about it. The only way you re going to test these theories is to go back to the moon and look at the flag platoff says.
Nasa has finally answered a long standing question. The flags are. Aldrin jr lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission poses for a photograph beside the deployed united states flag during an apollo 11 extravehicular activity eva. Moon photos prove.
While the 5 50 nylon flags are still waving on the windless orb they are not flags of the united states of america anymore. Robinson wasn t surprised that orbiter cameras couldn t spot the. Now researchers have examined photos taken of the same spots at various points in the day and observed shadows circling the point where the flag is thought to be. The nylon flags were hung on telescoping staffs and horizontal bars constructed of one inch anodized aluminum tubes.
The lunar flag assembly lfa was a kit containing a flag of the united states designed to be erected on the moon during the apollo program six such flag assemblies were planted on the moon. These are the flags of the. The flags were carried on the outside of the apollo lunar module lm most of them on. Thanks to satellite pictures taken by nasa s lunar reconnaissance orbiter lro in 2012 space agency has been able to identify three flags left standing on the moon.
The american flag that neil armstrong and buzz aldrin planted on the moon in 1969 appeared to be blowing in the wind. Photos of the u s. Finally lunar scientist paul spudis in a july 2011 blog posting writes. The only problem is that they aren 39 t american flags anymore.