Lunar Flag Assembly flag, placed about from the centerline of the "Eagle" landing craft, was blown over by the blast of the rocket exhaust during takeoff. Because of this, care was taken by subsequent crews to place the flags at greater distances from the Lunar Module. The landing on Apollo 13 was aborted due to a major spacecraft malfunction encountered before reaching the Moon. The flag carried on that flight was destroyed with the Lunar Module "Aquarius" when it reentered the Earth's atmosphere. A review of photographs taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) indicates that flags placed during the Apollo 12, Apollo
Lunar module (UFO) Lunar module (UFO) In the "UFO" TV series, the Lunar module is the only SHADO spacecraft capable of Earth–Moon travel. On Earth, it can only take off and land docked with a mother ship known as the Lunar Carrier, as part of its tail. This spacecraft takes off and lands on the Moon in an upright position on a launch pad on SHADO Moonbase. The SHADO Lunar module is a red spaceplane – usually manned by two crewmembers – with a large rocket engine on the rear and, eventually, a reaction control system (its re-entry angle of attack is a