The First Flag on the Moon Fell Over (Clueless Tourists and Expats)

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In 1969, the United States of America forever changed the course of human history by putting a man onto the Moon and, in an act of national pride, planted their iconic flag into the lunar surface.. and then it fell over.

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Original Article:
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Sources:
http://www.clavius.org/gravleap.html
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Flag_Assembly
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/what-happened-to-the-flags-on-the-moon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing
http://uk.businessinsider.com/those-american-flags-we-left-on-the-moon-they-are-faded-to-white-by-now-2012-7?r=US&IR=T
https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/apollo-11.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Command/Service_Module
https://www.space.com/16798-american-flags-moon-apollo-photos.html#ixzz3Fl6CPiTX
http://uk.businessinsider.com/those-american-flags-we-left-on-the-moon-they-are-faded-to-white-by-now-2012-7?r=US&IR=T
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/what-happened-to-the-flags-on-the-moon/
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html

Videos:
For All Mankind (1989)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0097372/
Independence Day (1996)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/
NASA Archives,
https://www.nasa.gov/
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1233514/

Images:
Apollo 11 Flag on the Moon, By NASA / Neil A. Armstrong (Apollo 11 Image Library (image link)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Neil Armstrong, https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html
Buzz Aldrin, https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/aldrin-b.html
Nasa Logo, https://www.nasa.gov/
Donald Trump, By Shealah Craighead [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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