Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years ...

The WMF's concern isn't just about physical preservation but also about maintaining the historical and cultural value these ...

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples, themselves. The four moon pebbles, which were embedded in a single lucite ball and mounted to a wooden podium together with ...

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.

NASA's requested funding was spent on the Great Society, including building rapid transit system in several cities ...

The World Monuments Fund has included the moon on its 2025 "Watch" list of cultural heritage locations facing significant ...

APOLLO 11: First Steps Edition is a thrilling cinematic experience that showcases the real-life moments of humankind’s first steps on the moon. In this special edition created exclusively for IMAX and ...

For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international ...

Tranquility Base, the WMF's page on preserving the Moon reads, is one of over 90 historic landing and impact sites that "mark ...

Every year, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) compiles a list of heritage sites it deems at risk, with the aim of building ...

Platoff explains that Apollo 11's flag-raising on the moon was strictly a symbolic activity. Given that the United States was a signatory to the United Nations Treaty on Outer Space, the nation ...