It's common knowledge that you can't breathe in space. But conspiracy theorists have used a photo of a group of astronauts allegedly not wearing their helmets on the surface of the moon to try to prove that the
The mare basin darkened here for effect is the Sea of Tranquility. A white circle indicates the region where Apollo 11, the first human mission to land on the Moon, was sent by NASA. The red dot at its center marks the approximate landing site. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 50 years on,NA...
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At 3,475 km in diameter, the Moon is much smaller than the majormoonsofJupiterandSaturn. Earth is about 80 times the volume than the Moon, but both are about the same age. A prevailing theory is that the Moon was once part of the Earth, and was formed from a chunk that broke away...
Apart from Apollo 1 that failed on the launch pad due to a fire that also killed the crew, and Apollo 13 that suffered severe damage during flight and had to be abandoned without landing on the Moon, the Apollo program had enjoyed a remarkable safety record. ...
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While reading the books and websites devoted to proselytizing the idea of the Moon landing being a hoax can be amusing, it pays to remember that the claims of the hoax movement have been thoroughly debunked. The latest hit to the hoax theory comes from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission...
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NASA genuinely faked part of the Moon landing. While Neil Armstrong's first steps on the lunar surface were categorically not faked, the astronaut quarantine protocol when the astronauts arrived back on Earthwas largely just one big show.