Did we really go to the moon? What is the evidence? Why does the American flag seem to be flying? Welcome back to a new episode of “Until Evidence to the contrary,” the series in which we examine major pseudoscience and conspiracy theories in the light of science. To mark the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing, we will explore the story of July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon with the Apollo 11 mission. Despite the historic milestone, many denialist theories claim that the NASA images and videos are fakes, even attributed to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. But what is true about these claims? Let's try to shed some light and take apart some of these conspiracy theories together.
 
00:00 First Moon landing 1969: doubts and conspiracy theories
01:13 Why does the American flag appear to be flying over the Moon?
03:00 Conspiracy theories: absence of stars in the lunar sky
04:12 Alleged anomalies: direction of shadows on the Moon landing
05:15 The Denialists and the Van Allen Bands: explanation
06:55 Why have we never returned to the Moon?
08:24 NASA evidence on the Moon landing.

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