The moon landing hoax claim
RefutedRuled out by official inquiry or direct observation
The claim
The 1969 moon landing was said to have been staged and filmed on Earth.
Where it started
The claim spread through self-published books and broadcasts in the mid-1970s in the United States and was translated widely afterwards.
Where it stands
Descent stages, equipment and tracks left at several landing sites are visible in high-resolution images from a lunar orbiter. The laser reflectors placed by the crews are still used by observatories on Earth to measure the distance to the Moon. Several countries, the Soviet Union among them, tracked the transmissions independently, and laboratories around the world analysed the returned samples.
Primary sources
- 미국 항공우주국, 달 정찰 궤도선science.nasa.govOfficial source
- 미국 항공우주국, 아폴로 11호 자료nasa.govOfficial source
checked 2026-09-07
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