Jun 14, 2022 · Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 each year and commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress. NASA flies the U.S. flag on its missions throughout our solar system.

During their historic extravehicular activity (EVA), the Apollo 11 crew planted the flag of the United States on the lunar surface. This flag-raising was strictly a symbolic activity, as the United Nations Treaty on Outer Space precluded any territorial claim.

Jun 13, 2019 · With NASA’s plans to go forward to the Moon, American flags will be returning to the lunar surface, carried there by the next man and the first woman to land on the Moon. And soon thereafter, astronauts will hopefully be carrying American flags to the surface of Mars.

Jun 14, 2021 · All NASA spacecraft include a United States flag. Through the decades, our nation’s flag has been placed on the Moon, headed into interstellar space, accompanied rovers on Mars, and been featured on spacesuits. In this iconic image, Mission Commander John Young salutes the flag while jumping!

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

Jan 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars. "The United States will once again consider ...

Feb 26, 2021 · This is an illustration of the aluminum plate with the United States flag that is mounted on the Mars Perseverance rover. This plate is located at the base of Perseverance’s remote sensing mast. Explore

Jan 20, 2025 · It's America's 'Manifest Destiny' to plant a flag on ... address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. ... reauthorized NASA's budget with a focus on moon exploration ...

Jun 14, 2020 · This is the story of one small American flag that was fortunate enough to be singled out from a group of one thousand flags just like it and embark on an incredible journey. What happened to the other 999 flags is not fully known, …

Apr 4, 2018 · NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. This is an Apollo 17 Astronaut standing upon the lunar surface with the United States flag in the background.