PBS Origins 's video: Why Did We Plant a Flag on the Moon

Thank you to Draper and its “We Hack the Moon” initiative for supporting PBS Digital Studios. Learn more at https://wehackthemoon.com Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything Why did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin plant a flag on the moon? Moreover, why do astronauts and space agencies from across the world continually send their nations' flags to space? Today, Danielle traces the history and symbolism of flags around the world and examines their use in colonial expansion - both on Earth and in the stars. Created and Hosted by Danielle Bainbridge Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios --- Follow us on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originofeverythingpbs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pbsoriginofeverything/?hl=en --- Origin of Everything is a show about the undertold histories and cultural dialogues that make up our collective story. From the food we eat, to the trivia and fun facts we can’t seem to get out of our heads, to the social issues we can’t stop debating, everything around us has a history. Origin of Everything is here to explore it all. We like to think that no topic is too small or too challenging to get started. Works Cited: https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/red-white-and-blue-US-flag.pdf https://time.com/4193801/outer-space-treaty-moon/ https://gizmodo.com/all-the-american-flags-on-the-moon-are-now-white-5930450 https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/apollo-moon-flags-still-standing/ https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloFlags-Condition.html https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15FlagDeployment.html https://www.businessinsider.com/american-flags-moon-color-bleached-white-2017-4 https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/flag/flag.htm https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/533d95/abstract-the-political-and-technical-aspects-of-placing-a-flag-on-the-moon https://peepsforum.com/international-flag-planet-earth/ https://nava.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/icv24platoff.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS4gpRCjIbE https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/isn/5181.htm https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-continuously-used-national-flag/ https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text7/requirement.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/science/space/18moon.html Gilroy, Paul, 1956-. The Black Atlantic : Modernity and Double Consciousness. Cambridge, Mass. :Harvard University Press, 1993.