More than a half-century after US astronauts first planted the Stars and Stripes on the moon, China replicated the feat — though unmanned — by unfurling its red flag on the lunar surface.

55 years ago today, Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient lunar surface took all of 10 minutes during Neil Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's two-and-a-half hour moonwalking adventure in July 1969.

John Monsky is a collector of stories. They live within the stars and stripes of American flags — or, at the very least, what ...

Despitehaving launched satellites for two-and-a-half years prior to the 50-star flagbeing unfurled, the country's first flag did not enter ... replica of theman-made moon above their heads.

As I walk my dog around the neighborhood, I notice several flagpoles flying Old Glory. When the wind picks up, I can hear the ...

"It's right up there with Betsy Ross and the Star Spangled Banner,'' Orenstein said. NASA's original plans didn't involve planting a flag on the moon because of a United Nations treaty prohibiting ...

The upcoming Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" omits the American flag being planted on the moon. Star Ryan Gosling defended the decision and said Armstrong's mission to the moon was "widely ...

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that ... Armstrong's and Buzz Aldrin's two-and-a-half hour moonwalking adventure in July 1969.