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Each US mission also had a distinct mission patch, which sometimes
incorporated the flag of a foreign astronaut’s country.
Josh Fruhlinger, 11 Nov 1996
This is exactly the same usage as in Soviet space missions
(Interkosmos being in charge of those including
non-Soviet astronauts). Some of those patches (of any country, it seems) were
used on flags, too.
António Martins, 05 Jun 2007
The problems of flying a flag in the vacuum of space are fairly obvious.
Most people know that the US flags planted on the moon
were made of cloth or nylon and were rigged with a wire along the top and/or
bottom so that they looked like they were “waving”.
Josh Fruhlinger, 17 Nov 1996
In the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum theer is a
major exhibit is a Lunar Module on a simulated lunar surface, complete with
astronaut mannequin and flag. The flag, which was similar to those used in the
1969-1971 lunar missions, has only been at the site since the museum’s
1976 opening, and already it is quite noticeably faded. Here, the sun’s
rays are filtered by miles of atmosphere and the plexiglass roof of the museum.
I dare say that the unfiltered UV rays hitting the lunar surface have fully
destroyed all the flags left by the Apollo crews by now.
Nick Artimovich, 18 Nov 1996
In several press confrences held on Mir, the Russian space station,
flags were on the wall behind the speakers. It appeared that they were
ordinary cloth or nylon flags affixed to the wall at all four corners to
make sure they didn’t drift away.
Josh Fruhlinger, 11 Nov 1996
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Several press confrences were held on Mir, the Russian space
station when the American Dr. Shannon Lucid was on there, and
Russian and American flags
were on the wall behind the speakers.
Josh Fruhlinger, 11 Nov 1996
After seeing pictures of the Venus landers Venera 9 through
14, which landed on the surface of Venus from 1975 to 1982, all had
small flags of the Soviet Union on them on one place
or another, just as the American flag was on the Viking
Mars lander.
Jaymz Schmidt, 19 May 2001
Spirit,
which is now on Mars, has several US flags on it,
as well as a tiny little Israeli flag next to the
name of Ilan Ramon.
Mike Fleischner, 07 Jan 2004
In a museum in Brussels there is a small (large desk size)
Belgian flag in the exhibit with the moon rocks
on display. According to the text (as best as I can remember) the astronauts
brought flags from many nations with them on the trip. These were then
presented to the respective nations at various functions.
Nathan Bliss, 18 Nov 1996
Foreign astronauts on American ships wore shoulder and chest patches of
their nation’s flags.
Josh Fruhlinger, 11 Nov 1996
This is exactly the same usage as in Soviet space missions
(Interkosmos being in charge of those including
non-Soviet astronauts).
António Martins, 05 Jun 2007
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