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One of the most jaw-dropping shots in Apollo 11, the revelatory new archive-based documentary about the 1969 moon landing, wasn’t filmed anywhere near the moon. To be exact, it was shot about 250,000 miles away in Houston, Texas. A slightly wobbly camera held at around knee level looks down a row …
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The first step on the path to recovery is admitting that the more you listen to moon landing conspiracy theories, the more you start to believe them. What finally got me were the crosshairs. Crosshairs! The word itself sounds like it belongs on a bulletin board covered with a laserlike web of red …
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong landed NASA’s Apollo 11 on the moon. Though televised live for the world to see, some people (about 6 percent of Americans, according to a 1999 Gallup poll) believe that this feat never occurred. So what do these conspirators believe happened instead, and why? Here …
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The Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969 was one of the most astonishing achievements in human history. That day, an estimated 530 million TV viewers watched U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take their first steps on the moon. Afterward, the two men and third crew member Michael …
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In images from the moon landing, it is possible to see certain objects even though they are in shadow. Skeptics argue that if the sun were the only source of light, this wouldn’t be the case. Therefore, the fact that you can see some objects in shadow must be the result of special Hollywood …
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Buzz Aldrin pictured by Neil Armstrong on the Moon. NASA Almost 50 years ago, two humans set foot on the Moon for the first time. They were followed by ten more in one of the greatest – and most expensive – crewed space exploration endeavors in history. It was, arguably, one of humanity’s greatest …
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Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin joins a group tackling conspiracy theories about the moon landing — and the space program in general — in a new Science Channel series. Called “Truth Behind the Moon Landing,” the six-episode series premiered June 2 at 10 p.m. EDT/PDT on the Science Channel and …
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The moon is having a star turn. This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered NASA to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024. None of this, however, is likely to change the minds of people who live in a parallel …
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By Joel Achenbach, NASA AP Apollo 12 mission Commander Charles P. “Pete” Conrad was the third astronaut to walk on the moon. The moon hoax is a classic conspiracy theory — elaborate, oddly durable, requiring the existence of malevolent actors with a secret agenda. The moon is having a star turn. …
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My grandfather, Jeffrey Hilliard Launius, was a 75-year-old farmer from southern Illinois at the time of the first moon landing in 1969. He didn’t believe that Americans had landed on the moon. In his estimation such a technological feat was simply not possible. Caught up in the excitement of …
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