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![The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) is issuing six se-tenant postage stamps depicting six countries' lunar orbiter or landing missions in commemoration of International Moon Day on July 20, 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WkLShp9UPLfBafeYxWdtAb-320-80.jpg)
United Nations marks Apollo 11 55th with international moon missions stamps
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Photos of the moon captured by American, Russian, European, Japanese, Indian, Korean and Chinese spacecraft are the subject of new United Nations stamps for the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11.
![an astronaut in a spacesuit with a gold face shield walks on the grey dusty surface of the moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rgTRH74MgeKb96jSFJgPgU-320-80.jpg)
What became of the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
By Leonard David published
Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?
![Building 12 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has been named the "Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of the Women of Apollo" on the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A5zS7yEF4Nt5jkuQkSADx-320-80.jpg)
NASA marks moon landing anniversary by dedicating building to 'women of Apollo'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA is honoring 'hidden figure' Dorothy Vaughan and all of the women who contributed to the Apollo program with the naming of a building at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
![a white and orange four-wheeled lego rover sits on a small wooden table](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4FtcuccRWAA24qNzvGUkhW-320-80.jpg)
Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Lego is gearing up to deliver a detailed model of the original "rock and rolling ride," the electric buggy driven by NASA's last three Apollo crews to explore the moon.
![the moon seen against the blackness of space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B82st8sLpWrubTXuYqxcoK-320-80.jpg)
Overlooked Apollo data from the 1970s reveals huge record of 'hidden' moonquakes
By Harry Baker published
A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.
![The Intrepid Museum's largest temporary exhibition, "Apollo: When We Went to the Moon" is staged under the display of the prototype space shuttle orbit Enterprise.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SQitVpES7CDivgEdtMNuHH-320-80.jpg)
'Apollo: When We Went to the Moon' exhibit lands at NYC's Intrepid Museum
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Given it was navy ships that recovered the Apollo spacecraft, it is appropriate that the largest temporary exhibit ever hosted by the Intrepid is themed to the first lunar landings.
![closeup photo of a bulova analog watch's face, which has three small dials](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cJx6LBkiuVFTucd24PZRsB-320-80.jpg)
Bulova adds limited edition meteorite dial to Apollo 15-inspired Lunar Pilot watch
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
How do you enhance the connection that Bulova's Lunar Pilot watch shares with outer space? You replicate the look of the original, but replace its dial with a slice of a space rock.
![closeup of an omega speedmaster watch face, which has a background photo of the moon's surface and a small white saturn v rocket on one of its dials](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d3RYhv8TEfkXmhNaKACGic-320-80.jpg)
Omega adds Saturn V seconds hand to new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon watch
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Omega has returned to the 'dark side' of the moon with an updated version of a chronograph saluting the first astronauts to fly there, NASA's Apollo 8 crew.
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