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According to NASA's history site, the various 3'-by-5' nylon flags that were sent to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission were all purchased at a Sears store in Houston, near the Manned Spacecraft Center. Apparently, NASA secretaries had been deployed to make these purchases on their lunch hours.
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