Can you see flag on moon?
Yes, the flag is still on the moon, but you can’t see it using a telescope. The largest optical wavelength telescope that we have now is the Keck Telescope in Hawaii which is 10 meters in diameter. The Hubble Space Telescope is only 2.4 meters in diameter – much too small!
What would happen if we lost gravity for 5 seconds?
If our planet were to lose gravity for even five seconds, it would spell the end of life on Earth as we know it. Without gravity, humans and other objects would become weightless.
Where did they put the flag on the moon?
The flags were carried on the outside of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM), most of them on the descent ladder inside a thermally insulated tubular case to protect them from exhaust gas temperatures calculated to reach 2,000 °F (1,090 °C).
How cold is it on the Moon?
The average temperature on the Moon (at the equator and mid latitudes) varies from -298 degrees Fahrenheit (-183 degrees Celsius), at night, to 224 degrees Fahrenheit (106 degrees Celsius) during the day.
How much is the earth gravity?
9.807 m/s²
Earth/Gravity
What countries flags are on the Moon?
China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon
- China has planted its flag on the Moon, more than 50 years after the US first planted the Stars and Stripes there.
- The pictures from China’s National Space Administration show the five-starred Red Flag holding still on the windless lunar surface.
How did the flags on the Moon get there?
Fifty years ago this week, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the Moon and raised an American flag at the landing site. Every Apollo crew after them followed suit. But the story of the flags on the Moon, starting with Apollo 11, is a complicated mix of engineering, politics, and symbolism.
Why can’t you plant a flagpole on the Moon?
It turns out that lunar regolith, unlike Earthly dust, is jagged and sharp, so the grains tend to stick together, making the regolith tougher than it looks to stick a flagpole into. The astronauts only managed to plant the flagpole about 7 inches (18 cm) deep, but in the low gravity of the Moon and without wind to contend with, that was enough.
How do astronauts deploy the American flag in space?
To deploy the flag, one astronaut used a sampling hammer to pound the lower vertical section into the ground. The other astronaut extended the telescoping crossbar and raised it to a 90-degree angle with the vertical section to click it into place. Then the two astronauts slid the upper part of the pole into the lower one.
How do astronauts take pictures on the Moon?
The idea was that one astronaut would use a rock-sampling hammer to drive the lower section of the pole into the lunar surface while the other folded out the crossbar on the top section and attached the flag. Then they would slide the top section onto the bottom section, salute, and take photographs.