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The apparent waving of the American flag on the Moon is a mechanical artifact of how astronauts deployed it and the flag’s construction, not evidence of lunar wind or fabricated footage: astronauts ro...
NASA’s mission dosimeters and later analyses show Apollo astronauts received small cumulative doses on the order of tenths of a rad (0.18–0.46 rad commonly reported), roughly comparable to a couple of...
The Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in July 1969 occurred as a verifiable historical event supported by , and claims that it was staged lack credible support. Recent public attention sparked by celebrit...
There is broad agreement in available reporting that Apollo 11’s flag was planted, briefly appeared to “wave” in TV footage because of handling, and very likely did not remain upright after the lunar ...
Yes — the technology to land humans on the Moon did exist in 1969 and was demonstrated by Apollo 11, which carried astronauts to lunar orbit, landed a two‑stage lunar module on the surface, and return...
Bart Sibrel is a prolific moon‑landing denial filmmaker who repeatedly sought out Apollo astronauts for filmed confrontations; the most documented encounter ended when Buzz Aldrin punched Sibrel outsi...
Apollo 11 was the first crewed lunar landing, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touching down on July 20, 1969, and Armstrong becoming the first human to walk on the Moon—a moment watched by an esti...
Yes — humans walked on the Moon: Apollo 11’s crew landed on July 20–21, 1969 and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin conducted an extravehicular activity on the lunar surface, a fact documented by NASA mis...
The clearest, incontrovertible pieces of Apollo 11 material evidence on Earth are the lunar samples — roughly 21.6 kilograms of Moon rocks, soil and cores returned by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin — ...
The visible motion of the Apollo 11 flag in photographs and TV footage is best explained by astronaut handling and the flag’s special support rod — not by wind — and later accounts say the pole likely...
Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land humans on the Moon: the Lunar Module Eagle touched down on July 20, 1969, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface while Michael Collins ...