Astronaut Buzz Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag planted on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Imagine a U.S. National Park like Yellowstone or the Great Smoky Mountains on the moon, one that would protect artifacts left behind by the Apollo astronauts. Sound crazy? It's not as far-fetched as it seems.
A bill introduced in Congress recently would "endow the artifacts as a National Historic Park, thereby asserting unquestioned ownership rights over the Apollo lunar landing artifacts."
U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., and Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, are co-sponsoring "The Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act" - also known as H.R. 2617. ...