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Buzz Aldrin near the scientific equipment wearing the flag of the union
A British engineer revealed for the first time how he had a jack union on the moon.
Keith Wright, of Nottingham, worked for NASA during the historic Apollo 11 landings of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 16, 1969.
Mr. Wright stated that he was working with scientific equipment, which he knew would be left on the moon.
He told The One Show that, along with his signature, he had sketched the British flag on a part of a solar panel.
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Mr. Wright told presenter Carol Vorderman that he had left a tribute on the support of a solar panel equipment.
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He was employed by the engine company de Havilland to work on the rocket Blue Streak, before moving to the United States in 1967.
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Keith Wright worked on the Blue Streak Rocket in 1964
At the Kennedy Space Center, Wright worked as an engineer in the equipment that the crew would leave on the moon.
"Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin came to our factory and we reviewed what they would do on the moon," he said.
"Neil was very relaxed and sarcastic enough, we were so focused that it seemed almost normal, but thinking about it later, I got their signature."
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The Stars and Stripes flag was planted on the moon
Armstrong was observed by about 500 million people when he climbed on the surface of the Moon, in the sea of tranquility, after leaving the Eagle Pier.
The astronaut said: "It's a small step for man, a big step for humanity."
He was then joined on the surface by Buzz Aldrin and the two men sported the Stars and Stripes flag – before deploying the equipment with the scribbled little union jack.
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