The Chief of the Structures and Mechanics Division brought Thomas S. Robert Gilruth, Director of JSC, instructed the Chief of the Technical Services Division to develop a concept. The Implementation: The plan was to be carried out by the Johnson Spacecraft Center. NASA did not publicize the plan in advance of the mission. Congress was notified of these decisions and placed language regarding the placement of the US flag, and other flags on the moon, in the NASA appropriations bill. 3) In addition to the large (3 x 5 feet) flag, small flags (4ењ†') from each of the 50 states and all UN member countries were to be carried on the mission and presented the States and UN Ambassadors after the flight. They also recommended 2) that a plaque be left on the moon bearing the inscription - 'Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969 AD. The committee recommended 1) placing a US flag on the moon to show that the historic step for all mankind had been accomplished by the United States (NOT to claim possession for the US). Paine appointed a committee to look into the situation. The Solution: Shortly before the Apollo 11 mission, NASA Administrator Thomas O.

No plans were made by NASA in planning the mission to plant a US flag on the lunar surface. This meant that a US flag could not be planted on the Moon after Apollo 11 landed. The Problem: In 1967, the United States signed the United Nations Space Treaty that said, in effect: Outer Space, including the Moon, could not be claimed (by a country) because of an occupation or other means'. The Mission: Carry and place a US Flag on the Lunar Surface Apollo 11, 1969, Lunar Flag Unflown Remnants.

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