Featuring his wife Dotty, his two sons Charles and Tom, and himself, the photo was framed and signed by Duke, and tucked in a plastic sleeve. Skip to main content. View the discussion thread. Apollo Program Moon. Thank you. You have successfully signed up for our newsletter. Error message Sorry, there was a problem. Please ensure your details are valid and try again. Steven F.
Get involved. We can actually see the footprints and spacecraft left behind by the Apollo astronauts. It is often claimed that if we really landed on the Moon , then it should be fairly easy to see the evidence with a telescope such as Hubble. Yes, they are still there. As there is no water or wind erosion on the Moon , the footprints are likely to remain visible until erased by a meteor impact. The footprints are on the surface of the moon which constantly faces Earth, so are very well protected from meteorite impacts.
Asked by: Noralba Che science space and astronomy Will footprints on the moon last forever? Last Updated: 27th October, An astronaut's footprint can last a million years on the surface of the moon. It may have been decades since we last set foot on the moon , but its surface is still marked with the historic footprints of the 12 astronauts who stomped across it.
That's because the moon has no atmosphere. Elga Rothschmitt Professional. Is American flag still on the moon? Images taken by a Nasa spacecraft show that the American flags planted in the Moon's soil by Apollo astronauts are mostly still standing.
The photos from Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter LRO show the flags are still casting shadows - except the one planted during the Apollo 11 mission. Dimas Hebentanz Professional. Is there a flag on the moon? The Apollo 11's flag is probably gone. Buzz Aldrin saw it knocked over by the rocket blast as he and Neil Armstrong left the moon 39 summers ago.
Lying there in the lunar dust, unprotected from the sun's harsh ultraviolet rays, the flag's red and blue would have bleached white in no time. Tetyana Boettger Professional. Can you see the flag on the moon from a telescope? Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt with the American flag.
As you 're well aware, no telescope on Earth can see the leftover descent stages of the Apollo Lunar Modules or anything else Apollo-related. Not even the Hubble Space Telescope can discern evidence of the Apollo landings.
The laws of optics define its limits. Kathryn Bilu Explainer. Is there water on the Moon? Lunar water is water that is present on the Moon. Liquid water cannot persist at the Moon's surface, and water vapor is decomposed by sunlight, with hydrogen quickly lost to outer space.
Ailene Rincke Explainer. Is the lunar lander still on the moon? However, the Moon is exposed to bombardment by meteorites, which change the surface. One little spacerock could easily wipe out a footprint on the moon. And since the Moon has no atmosphere, it is exposed to the solar wind, a stream of charged particles coming from the sun, and over time this acts almost like weather on Earth to scour surfaces on the moon, but the process is very, very slow.
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