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The organisation added, The lunar module crew spent 75 hours on the lunar surface, deploying a US flag early in EVA-1 their missions first walk on the Moon..
Six US flags in total were planted on the lunar surface, one during each Apollo mission, they shared..
According to NASA Artemis, the flags deployed on the surface of the Moon no longer exist on the lunar surface..
Experts believe its highly unlikely the Apollo flags could have endured the decades of exposure to vacuum, temperature swings from 242 F (117 C) during the day to -280 F (-173 C) during the night, micrometeorites, radiation, and ultraviolet light, the organisation further added..
An image description shared by NASA Artemis mentions that the US flag was deployed on the Moon at the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the crewmen of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission..
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