A month on 'Mars': Flags and footprints of the moon and Arctic - Space.com

The Apollo lunar landing missions have often been referred to as "flags and footprints" sorties. We too are planting flags and leaving footprints, but in a very different way.

The Apollo lunar landing missions have often been referred to as "flags and footprints" sorties.  It's a somewhat derisive term, referring to America's mad dash to reach the moon before the Soviet U… [+6302 chars]

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