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Time Traveler for flag-waving The first known use of flag-waving was in See more words from the same year. EDT, the scene depicted in one of the most iconic photos ever taken unfolded. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Aldrin were more than hours into the historic moon landing mission when they planted a U.
Video of the event was broadcast to millions back on Earth. Interactive: The new race to the moon. Aldrin stepped to the side to raise his hand in salute.
Armstrong stepped back to photograph the moment. You see this photo in textbooks. The photo was taken during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned moon landing. The mission came amid an intense space race with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Both the United States and the USSR rapidly advanced in technological achievements of spaceflight, a national security concern during the nuclear arms race. Space race: Apollo 11 moon landing celebrated as pioneering milestone, but it was really about winning the space race. 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.
Photos of the U. Aldrin said he thought he saw the flag tip over from the exhaust when the lunar module lifted off, and the shadow of the flag is not visible in satellite images. Celebrating 50 years: NASA put a man on the moon. Now, the Smithsonian is putting a rocket on the Mall. Uri said later Apollo missions placed flags farther from their lunar modules to prevent them from tipping over.
It's likely that the colors have faded over the years from extreme exposure, Uri said. Because the moon has no substantial atmosphere , NASA scientists led by Jack Kinzler designed a horizontal crossbar to support the flag and keep it from drooping down, Platoff wrote. A hem was sewn across the top of the 3-byfoot nylon flag so the bar could go through, then be lifted and locked into place at a 90 degree angle.
The flagpole had a base that allowed it to more easily be driven into the moon's surface, and a red circle was painted at 18 inches from the bottom to help judge how deep it needed to go.
The astronauts struggled to drive the flag's base beyond 6 to 9 inches deep into the surface, which probably contributed to the flag falling. The flag traveled to space tacked onto the ladder on the lunar module, so the astronauts could access it when they walked on the moon.
A protective shroud was built to protect the flag from the heat from the engines. Packing the flag involved a step process and five people, Platoff wrote. Eleven steps were needed to mount the flag on the ladder. The astronauts were able to access it by removing pins and Velcro it was attached to.
Many say the flag in the photo looks like it's flowing in the wind. Conspiracy theorists cite this as evidence the moon landing was filmed in a warehouse with air conditioning creating the ripple. That's false. The horizontal crossbar was supposed to give a slight wavy effect as in a breeze, Platoff wrote, and Aldrin and Armstrong said they had trouble pulling the flag out all the way.
The flag was among various commemorative items that Aldrin and Armstrong left on the moon's surface. A stainless steel plaque noting the feat of the first manned moon landing, a silicon disc with messages from world leaders in tiny text and a small pouch with an Apollo 1 patch, medals honoring two Soviet astronauts and a small gold olive branch were also left on the moon, according to NASA. As for the Soviet medals, Aldrin and Armstrong honored Vladimir Komarov, who died during the Soyuz 1 mission when his parachute failed, and Yuri Gagarin, the first human in outer space.
This unusual moment, caught one of the Eagle Lunar Module cameras, has propped up 50 years worth of lunar conspiracies. Could this be evidence the Moon landing was filmed in a Hollywood studio by Stanley Kubrick? Or perhaps the Moon landing was filmed in the middle of nowhere in the deserts of Nevada, US? Highly unlikely, because there is one key factor all lunar conspiracies get wrong and that is the American flag did not really flap or wave on the Moon. By simply comparing photos of the Moon snapped after the flag was planted, you will see the astronauts moving around but the flag remains in the exact same position.
Did Stanley Kubrick fake the Moon landing? Unfurling a piece of rolled-up cloth with sore angular momentum will naturally result in waves and ripples — no breed required. The US flag on the Moon was designed in a way that would keep it standing straight in the airless environment of the Moon. And to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, the flag-waving conspiracy was debunked by Profesor Anu Ojha of the National Space Centre. And yet, despite what conspiracists have claimed over the years, the US flag did not wave or flap on the Moon.
According to Jack Singal, a University of Richmond physics professor, these Moon landing conspiracies were not as popular as they are today until the late s. The rise in conspiracies is widely attributed to Bill Kaysing, a former engineer who published the book We Never Went to the Moon.
The year was also a time when the US Government was suffering from the increasingly hopeless Vietnam War that ended the next year. Lunar satellite photos show the Apollo 11 flag has likely fallen over but the Apollo 12, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 flagpoles are still upright.
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