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Truth Behind the Moon Landing
Truth Behind the Moon Landing

Truth Behind the Moon Landing

—More than 50 years ago, Apollo 11 triumphantly landed on the moon. Almost immediately thereafter, however, skeptics cast doubts that humankind could accomplish such an enormous feat. Some of those same doubts persist today, and this documentary dissects the most popular conspiracy claims. Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, Iraq War veteran and former FBI agent Chad Jenkins, and author Mike Bara investigate the theories. They look into how the Apollo 1 fire started; study one of NASA's last existing Lunar lander prototypes that Neil Armstrong trained on; seek the expertise of one of Hollywood's most celebrated visual effects directors, Douglas Trumbull ("2001: A Space Odyssey"); and gain access to NASA archives to uncover photos and footage never-before-seen by the general public.
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    Fire in the Cockpit
    CIA's Secret Space War
    Killing Armstrong
    Conspiracy of the Lost Tapes
    The Hollywood Conspiracy
  • Fire in the Cockpit

    Some believe the fire on Apollo One that killed three astronauts was a top-secret cover-up, and a team of experts investigates if this disaster was a tragic accident or part of a conspiracy to fake the moon landing.
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  • CIA's Secret Space War

    Confidential CIA files reveal a top-secret war for space between the US and the Soviets, and a team of experts investigates if new discoveries about American espionage during the Apollo program provide evidence of a conspiracy.
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  • Killing Armstrong

    Apollo 11's lunar module nearly killed Neil Armstrong during training, and some believe this close-call could explain a conspiracy to fake the moon landing; investigating if dangers that the Apollo 11 crew faced were motive for a cover-up.
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  • Conspiracy of the Lost Tapes

    The NASA tapes that recorded the Apollo 11 moon landing are missing, and some believe their disappearance is part of a cover-up to hide the truth; experts use cutting-edge tech to hunt for this lost evidence and shed light on a possible conspiracy.
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  • The Hollywood Conspiracy

    Some believe that the moon's waving American flag is the smoking gun that NASA faked the moon landing, and as a team of experts investigates this strange piece of evidence, the trail leads all the way to some of Hollywood's biggest names.
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More than 50 years ago, Apollo 11 triumphantly landed on the moon. Almost immediately thereafter, however, skeptics cast doubts that humankind could accomplish such an enormous feat. Some of those same doubts persist today, and this documentary dissects the most popular conspiracy claims. Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, Iraq War veteran and former FBI agent Chad Jenkins, and author Mike Bara investigate the theories. They look into how the Apollo 1 fire started; study one of NASA's last existing Lunar lander prototypes that Neil Armstrong trained on; seek the expertise of one of Hollywood's most celebrated visual effects directors, Douglas Trumbull ("2001: A Space Odyssey"); and gain access to NASA archives to uncover photos and footage never-before-seen by the general public.
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