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Why there are no stars in American photos of the Moon
All NASA astronauts landed on the Moon during the day, when it was too bright to see stars with the naked eye, and they didn't intend to take pictures of the stars.
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Disclosure of the flag of the resilient spirit of 9/11
The flag was pulled up by the three firefighters on the rubble after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks returned officially after 15 years of disappearance.
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The fate of American flags plugged in the Moon
The flags inserted by the American astronauts on the surface of the Moon in the Apollo program are increasingly fading and decaying.
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American flags still stand on the moon after 40 years
The latest series of images from the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) shows five of the flags astronauts plugged into the moon still standing today.