You know the photo: Buzz Aldrin, standing on the moon and saluting the American flag. Zoom in. What's really in the image? Why is the flag waving? Where are the stars? And how did those shadows ...

allegedly in possession of a copyright for several other flag designs, including a 51-star and 60-star version (presumably that scenario did not include the moon as one of the other nine new states).

And the remaining three to five American flags on the Moon may or may not still be recognizable as the Stars and Stripes. The government-issue nylon flags weren't made to stand up to unfiltered UV ...

Here’s how it works. China now has a real flag flying on the moon. The sample-collecting Chang'e 5 moon lander deployed a small version of China's five-star red flag on Thursday (Dec. 3 ...

"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 ...