But if you want to plant a flag on the moon and leave it there, it won’t flutter in the long run. China wants to address that through the interaction of electromagnetic fields.

China's Chang'e 7 moon-landing mission will apparently include a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere. Skip to main content.

New images from Odysseus moon lander released 19:06. Beijing — China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country's red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon before part ...

China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country's red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon before part of the vehicle blasted off early Tuesday with rock and soil ...

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe departed from the far side of the moon on Tuesday, moving a step closer to completing an ambitious mission that underlines the country’s rise as a space superpower.

Now, over half a century later, we will soon finally get the first actually waving flag on the Moon. In 2026, China intends to send the Chang'e-7 mission to the lunar south pole.Onboard this ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission even carried a flag made of basalt, a type of rock common on the moon, as a way to demonstrate how lunar materials could be used in creating objects locally. (The ...

China plans to launch its Chang'e 7 lunar lander to find traces of water ice at the moon's south pole around 2026. If successful, the deployed flag will be the first to actually flutter on the ...

China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country's red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon before part of the vehicle blasted off early Tuesday with rock and soil ...

BEIJING — China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country’s red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon before part of the vehicle blasted off early Tuesday with rock ...