How the American flag flew in the moon since there is no atmosphere in the moon?

Answer 1

I think that was a drama.

Answer 2

It didn't fly. The flag hung from a horizontal bar attached to the flag pole.

The following is from NASA Contractor Report 188251: "Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon," by Anne Platoff (1993):

"Like any activity in space exploration, the Apollo flag-raising also provided NASA engineers with an interesting technical challenge. They designed a flagpole with a horizontal bar allowing the flag to 'fly' without the benefit of wind to overcome the effects of the moon's lack of an atmosphere."

Answer 3

I don't believe what I am reading!
Appart from one correct detail: there was a horizontal pole to hold the flag in normal position.
No gravity? Bull. G on the moon is 1/6th of the Earth.
No winds? Bull again. The flag was MOVING due to SOLAR WIND, a continuous stream of particules sent by our sun.
We do not experience it here because most of the solar wind is absorbed by our atmosphere. If it was not, we would be dead: the solar wind contains high power particules...
So stop comming back with stories of cover-up and conspiration theories and learn a bit more elementary PHYSICS.

Answer 4

Oh..oh..this ebate has been going on for so long...and NASA has been giving answers for so long. The flag, is not actually floating. The flag in the moon is tied to an inverted L-shaped flag mast (in earth, we do it on a straight stick). The wrinkles on the flag (due to incorrect fitting) were mistaken to be the signs of the flag flying.
Somebody's answer here said that the flag is floating due to zero gravity. This is not true. Moon has gravity , but is only one-sixth that of earth(aperson weighing 60 kg on earth would weigh 10 kg on moon)

Answer 5

Jammer is correct, but there is no flag "in the moon". There is, however a flag "on the moon".

Marc G obviosly needs to actually open a book. There is, in fact, gravity on the moon, just not as much as Earth. Marc may want to stick to answering questions about cartoon characters and video games.

Answer 6

There is a horizontal brace that extends from the top of the pole and the flag(s) hang from that.


edit--- From below:
"The flag was MOVING due to SOLAR WIND, a continuous stream of particules sent by our sun."

No, the flag moved because the astronauts bumped it and later because of the particles of the LEM ascent stage rocket exhaust that hit it.

Answer 7

True there is no atmosphere, but the flag is just a flag the way we all see it. There are no other elements that make the flag fly. There is no gravity. It is the flag's durability that's doing this. On normal conditions you'd see the flag sway about in the wind. The same thing happens in space, but their is no wind involved. Its just releasing energy since there is no gravity.

Answer 8

yes this is one of the evidences which are being used to prove that usa in fact never did land a man on moon, and that it was just a strategic ploy by the govt.
however, i think the flag is not flying, it is just floating becauseof the weightlessness factor , just like humans can float in zero gravity. the astronauts were wearing heavy suits which prevented them from floating away.

Answer 9

There may be some faint presence of gases although not oxygen. But moon landing was real.

Answer 10

The flag was probably held rigid by unseen wires.

Answer 11

The flag was made from gold and is rigid.