where was the flag placed on the moon
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title: Lunar Flag Assembly text: Lunar Flag Assembly The Lunar Flag Assembly (LFA) was a kit containing a flag of the United States designed to be planted by astronauts on the Moon during the Apollo program. Six such flag assemblies were planted on the Moon. The nylon flags were hung on telescoping staffs and horizontal bars constructed of one-inch anodized aluminum tubes. The flags were carried on the outside of the Apollo Lunar Module, most of them on the descent ladder inside a thermally insulated tubular case to protect them from exhaust gas temperatures calculated to reach . The assembly was designed and supervised by title: Lunar Flag Assembly text: Jack Kinzler, head of technical services at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. Six of the flags were ordered from a government supply catalog and measured ; the last one planted on the Moon was the slightly larger, -wide flag which had hung in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Manned Spacecraft Center for most of the Apollo program. In January 1969, President Richard M. Nixon set an international tone for the Apollo program in his inaugural address: This inspired an idea, discussed within NASA, of having the astronauts plant a United Nations flag on the first landing. title: Lunar Flag Assembly text: flag, a set of miniature flags of all nations, and another commemorative marker on the surface. The committee recommended leaving the U.S. flag along with a commemorative plaque bearing the inscription: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." The memorial would be attached to the Lunar Module descent stage and left on the Moon. Some Americans anticipated possible controversy over planting the United States flag on the Moon, since territorial claims to any extraterrestrial body were prohibited by the Outer Space Treaty. But since it title: U. Alexis Johnson text: U.S. flag on the surface of the Moon, as it might symbolize territorial acquisition. Later, the Congress decided that a U.S. flag would be placed on the Moon by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Ural Alexis Johnson died on March 24, 1997 from pneumonia. His last residence was at Cary, North Carolina. However, he was buried at the Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia. In 1995 Johnson was presented the Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award by the American Foreign Service Association. U. Alexis Johnson Ural Alexis Johnson (October 17, 1908 – March 24, 1997) was a United title: Lunar Flag Assembly text: eliminated the need for the thermal protection shroud. The flag which had hung in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center through all the prior Apollo landings was flown to the Moon for the final mission, Apollo 17. This flag measured 20% wider and higher than the others, therefore it required a long horizontal pole. Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt carried a second, identical flag to the Moon and back, and presented it to flight controller Gene Kranz after the flight, to replace the one left on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin reported that the Apollo 11