Lunar Flag Assembly
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The Lunar Flag Assembly 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. The nylon flag
Buzz Aldrin salutes the first American flag erected on the Moon, July 21, 1969 (photo by Neil Armstrong).
Richard Nixon during the 1969 inauguration
Apollo 12 flag with faulty latch mechanism
Cernan and Schmitt presenting the flag flown on Apollo 17 to Kranz
Apollo 13
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Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and would have been the third Moon landing. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the landing was
Odyssey's damaged service module, as seen from the Apollo Lunar Module Aquarius, hours before reentry
Left to right: Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, Fred HaiseApollo program← Apollo 12Apollo 14 →
Swigert, Lovell and Haise the day before launch.
Mission Operations Control Room during the TV broadcast just before the Apollo 13 accident. Astronaut Fred Haise is shown on the screen.