A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface.

"It was instilled in me very early that this flag represents the ... He stepped off a C-17 Globemaster III the night he arrived to see the American flag flying on the airfield.