3 days ago · 2020 Mini Icon Has the U.S. flag icon in the header of several federal U.S. government websites been replaced by a nine-star version in 2025, or has this icon been added recently? No, that's not true: The icon in the "official website of the United States Government" banner has been like that since at least 2021, and the icon was uploaded in 2020.

Jan 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump made a bold promise to America minutes after taking the Oath of Office: pledging that an American flag would be planted on Mars.

Jan 20, 2025 · While Congress reauthorized NASA's budget with a focus on moon exploration last year, landing humans on Mars is a major goal of Musk's SpaceX.

Jan 20, 2025 · To that end, SpaceX has launched seven test flights so far of its massive Starship rocket, the world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle, the most recent of which occurred on Jan. 16.

3 days ago · A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's second administration.

Jan 21, 2025 · What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny, but left many of the specifics unclear.

1 day ago · Did the United States Flag Change? There has been no official change to the U.S. flag in 2025. The flag remains the same 50-star design that has been in place since Hawaii became a state in 1960.

This 12x8 inch United States flag flew into space aboard the SpaceX CRS-25 Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on 15th July 2022 at 00:44 UTC as part of the MISSE-16 payload and returned to Earth aboard the SpaceX CRS-27 Dragon spacecraft on 15th April 2023 at …

A US flag waves in the wind as the SpaceX Starship stands on the launch pad ahead of a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on April 16, 2023. - SpaceX is counting down to the first test flight on Monday April 17 of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond.

Nov 20, 2024 · Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket to space from Texas, advancing the ship's spaceflight abilities but botching an attempt to bring its booster back to land as U.S....