What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?

[Admin]

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?

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[penguin44]

Interesting! Also don't forget that both Buzz and Neil have said a few times over the years that their flag was blasted over when the acent engine was lit.

 

[caltech59]

Organic matter will be reduced to a graphitic dust, at most, over 55 years of direct solar UV. Any oxygen from the surroundings that strays into the carbon might, with the help of UV, see the carbon off-gas as CO.
If the flags were woven of mineral-colored glass or ceramic, different story.