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Because the Moon has no atmosphere, there is no wind to blow a flag. NASA engineers designed a horizontal telescopic crossbar to hold the flag out. The "waving" seen in the video is actually the result of the flagpole vibrating after being planted in the lunar soil and the physical manipulation by the astronauts.

The footage illustrates the "lunar gait"—the hopping movement Armstrong and Aldrin used to navigate the Moon’s 1/6th gravity. Cultural Legacy g60590.mp4

The video was captured using a . Unlike the live television broadcast, which was grainy and low-resolution due to the limitations of 1960s signal transmission, the 16mm film provides much higher clarity. In this specific clip, you can observe: Because the Moon has no atmosphere, there is