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 There has been speculation that began with Rocketdyne technical writer Bill Kaysing that the Apollo moon landing missions never actually took place, that it was a hoax filmed in a Hollywood studio. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave, though it appears it does. Also, no stars appear in the lunar sky in photographs supposedly taken on the Moon, as they would be expected to do.  Moreover, the shadows in the photographs run in different directions, rather than parallel, as if the sun were not the source of light.<ref>http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/</ref>
-There are many other strange elements in the footage such as astronauts who seem to be being manipulated by external forces such as wires, as used in stage and theater productions.<ref>[https://youtu.be/57-ssAJe5Ao?t=234]</ref>
+[[NASA]] denies this, claiming that it can be conclusively demonstrated scientifically that the astronauts really went to the moon, for example, by analyzing the ages and composition of the rocks brought back by the astronauts.<ref>[https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm , The Great Moon Hoax (NASA)]</ref>
-[[NASA]] officially denies this, claiming that it can be conclusively demonstrated scientifically that the astronauts really went to the moon, for example, by analyzing the ages and composition of the rocks brought back by the astronauts.<ref>[https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm , The Great Moon Hoax (NASA)]</ref> However many rocks that were originally supposed to be from the Moon have been found to be fakes such as petrified wood which was given to the Dutch Prime minister.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112324216#:~:text=visited%20the%20Netherlands.-,And%20the%20U.S.%20ambassador%20gave%20the%20Dutch%20prime%20minister%20what,moon%20rock%20as%20petrified%20wood.]</ref> There is also an odd law that forbids the possession of Lunar rocks from the Apollo missions which states that the material belongs to the US Government. <ref>https://www.monroecountylawyers.com/blog/2020/05/can-you-legally-own-lunar-rocks-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=It%20is%20illegal%20to%20own,the%20states%20and%20other%20nations.</ref> Some have cited that this is because if such rocks were professionally analyzed such as in the case of the rock gifted to the Dutch would call into question their true origin.
+Further more this would require the cooperation of thousands of individuals involved, something highly unlikely due to the potential marketing opportunity for any person who does come forward.
 ==References==

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 == Conspiracy Theories ==
+{{See also|Moon walk conspiracy theories}}
 There has been speculation that began with Rocketdyne technical writer Bill Kaysing that the Apollo moon landing missions never actually took place, that it was a hoax filmed in a Hollywood studio. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave, though it appears it does. Also, no stars appear in the lunar sky in photographs supposedly taken on the Moon, as they would be expected to do.  Moreover, the shadows in the photographs run in different directions, rather than parallel, as if the sun were not the source of light.<ref>http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/</ref>

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 == Conspiracy Theories ==
-There has been speculation spread by [[liberal]]s that the Apollo moon landing missions never actually took place, that it was a hoax filmed in a Hollywood studio. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave, though it appears it does. Also, no stars appear in the lunar sky in photographs supposedly taken on the Moon, as they would be expected to do.  Moreover, the shadows in the photographs run in different directions, rather than parallel, as if the sun were not the source of light.<ref>http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/</ref>
+There has been speculation that began with Rocketdyne technical writer Bill Kaysing that the Apollo moon landing missions never actually took place, that it was a hoax filmed in a Hollywood studio. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave, though it appears it does. Also, no stars appear in the lunar sky in photographs supposedly taken on the Moon, as they would be expected to do.  Moreover, the shadows in the photographs run in different directions, rather than parallel, as if the sun were not the source of light.<ref>http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/</ref>
-[[NASA]] denies this, claiming that it can be conclusively demonstrated scientifically that the astronauts really went to the moon, for example, by analyzing the ages and composition of the rocks brought back by the astronauts.<ref>[https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm , The Great Moon Hoax (NASA)]</ref>
+There are many other strange elements in the footage such as astronauts who seem to be being manipulated by external forces such as wires, as used in stage and theater productions.<ref>[https://youtu.be/57-ssAJe5Ao?t=234]</ref>
-Further more this would require the cooperation of thousands of individuals involved, something highly unlikely due to the potential marketing opportunity for any person who does come forward.
+[[NASA]] officially denies this, claiming that it can be conclusively demonstrated scientifically that the astronauts really went to the moon, for example, by analyzing the ages and composition of the rocks brought back by the astronauts.<ref>[https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm , The Great Moon Hoax (NASA)]</ref> However many rocks that were originally supposed to be from the Moon have been found to be fakes such as petrified wood which was given to the Dutch Prime minister.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112324216#:~:text=visited%20the%20Netherlands.-,And%20the%20U.S.%20ambassador%20gave%20the%20Dutch%20prime%20minister%20what,moon%20rock%20as%20petrified%20wood.]</ref> There is also an odd law that forbids the possession of Lunar rocks from the Apollo missions which states that the material belongs to the US Government. <ref>https://www.monroecountylawyers.com/blog/2020/05/can-you-legally-own-lunar-rocks-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=It%20is%20illegal%20to%20own,the%20states%20and%20other%20nations.</ref> Some have cited that this is because if such rocks were professionally analyzed such as in the case of the rock gifted to the Dutch would call into question their true origin.
 ==References==

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 There has been speculation spread by [[liberal]]s that the Apollo moon landing missions never actually took place, that it was a hoax filmed in a Hollywood studio. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave, though it appears it does. Also, no stars appear in the lunar sky in photographs supposedly taken on the Moon, as they would be expected to do.  Moreover, the shadows in the photographs run in different directions, rather than parallel, as if the sun were not the source of light.<ref>http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/</ref>
-[[NASA]] denies this, claiming that it can be conclusively demonstrated scientifically that the astronauts really went to the moon, for example, by analyzing the ages and composition of the rocks brought back by the astronauts.<ref>[http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm , The Great Moon Hoax (NASA)]</ref>
+[[NASA]] denies this, claiming that it can be conclusively demonstrated scientifically that the astronauts really went to the moon, for example, by analyzing the ages and composition of the rocks brought back by the astronauts.<ref>[https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm , The Great Moon Hoax (NASA)]</ref>
 Further more this would require the cooperation of thousands of individuals involved, something highly unlikely due to the potential marketing opportunity for any person who does come forward.

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 |-
 | Apollo 4
-| First test flight of the Saturn 5 rocket.
+| First test flight of the Saturn 5 rocket. (without Lunar Module)
 | November 9, 1967
 | November 9, 1967
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 |-
 | Apollo 6
-| Second test flight of the Saturn 5 rocket.
+| Second test flight of the Saturn 5 rocket. (first including the Lunar Module)
 | April 4, 1968
 | April 4, 1968
 |-
 | Apollo 7
-| First 3 man American space mission.
+| First 3 man American space mission, first manned Apollo flight.
 | October 11, 1968
 | October 21, 1968
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 |-
 | [[Apollo 9]]
-| First manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module.
+| First manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module. Tested in Low Earth Orbit.
 | March 3, 1969
 | March 13, 1969
 |-
 | [[Apollo 10]]
-| Second manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module.
+| Second manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module. Tested in Lunar Orbit.
 | May 18, 1969
 | May 26, 1969
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 |-
 | [[Apollo 13]]
-| Third manned moon landing. (Moon landing failed.)
+| A third manned moon landing failed.
 | April 11, 1970
 | April 17, 1970
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 == Conspiracy Theories ==
-There has been speculation that the Apollo moon landing missions never actually took place, that it was a hoax filmed in a Hollywood studio. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave, though it appears it does. Also, no stars appear in the lunar sky in photographs supposedly taken on the Moon, as they would be expected to do.  Moreover, the shadows in the photographs run in different directions, rather than parallel, as if the sun were not the source of light.<ref>http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/</ref>
+There has been speculation spread by [[liberal]]s that the Apollo moon landing missions never actually took place, that it was a hoax filmed in a Hollywood studio. Supporting this interpretation is the fact that the American flag placed on the Moon should not wave, though it appears it does. Also, no stars appear in the lunar sky in photographs supposedly taken on the Moon, as they would be expected to do.  Moreover, the shadows in the photographs run in different directions, rather than parallel, as if the sun were not the source of light.<ref>http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/</ref>
 [[NASA]] denies this, claiming that it can be conclusively demonstrated scientifically that the astronauts really went to the moon, for example, by analyzing the ages and composition of the rocks brought back by the astronauts.<ref>[http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm , The Great Moon Hoax (NASA)]</ref>

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 [[Image:Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Apollo 17 on the launchpad.]]
-'''Project Apollo''' began when [[United States]] President [[John F. Kennedy]] proposed that America put a man on the [[Moon]] by the end of the 1960s. In 1969 his dream came true with [[Apollo 11]] when [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first man to walk on the moon.  However, this success was not without costs. Less than a year later, the aborted mission [[Apollo 13]] almost resulted in the death of the crewmembers.  Only extraordinary measures by the flight team on the ground and in the spacecraft prevented it from becoming a tragedy. But tragedy was not fully avoided; three astronauts, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, had been killed three years earlier in a fire on Apollo 1 while the rocket was on the launch pad.
+'''Project Apollo''' is the pride of American spaceflight. It began when [[United States]] President [[John F. Kennedy]] proposed that America put a man on the [[Moon]] by the end of the 1960s. In 1969 his dream came true with [[Apollo 11]] when [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first man to walk on the moon.  However, this success was not without costs. Less than a year later, the aborted mission [[Apollo 13]] almost resulted in the death of the crewmembers.  Only extraordinary measures by the flight team on the ground and in the spacecraft prevented it from becoming a tragedy. But tragedy was not fully avoided; three astronauts, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, had been killed three years earlier in a fire on Apollo 1 while the rocket was on the launch pad.
 Beginning with Apollo 15, a small electric car was used to transport the astronauts across the surface of the moon. A total of twelve men walked on the moon, but after Apollo 17 in 1972, the program came to an end.  The Saturn 5 booster constructed for Apollo 18 carried Skylab, America's first space station, into orbit.

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 [[Image:Apollo 17.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Apollo 17 on the launchpad.]]
-'''Project Apollo''' began when [[United States]] President [[John F. Kennedy]] proposed that America put a man on the [[Moon]] by the end of the 1960s. In 1969 his dream came true with [[Apollo 11]] when [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first man to walk on the moon.  The aborted mission [[Apollo 13]] almost resulted in the death of the crewmembers.  Only extraordinary measures by the flight team on the ground and in the spacecraft prevented it from becoming a tragedy. Three astronauts, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, had been killed two years earlier in a fire on Apollo 1 while the rocket was on the launch pad.
+'''Project Apollo''' began when [[United States]] President [[John F. Kennedy]] proposed that America put a man on the [[Moon]] by the end of the 1960s. In 1969 his dream came true with [[Apollo 11]] when [[Neil Armstrong]] became the first man to walk on the moon.  However, this success was not without costs. Less than a year later, the aborted mission [[Apollo 13]] almost resulted in the death of the crewmembers.  Only extraordinary measures by the flight team on the ground and in the spacecraft prevented it from becoming a tragedy. But tragedy was not fully avoided; three astronauts, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, had been killed three years earlier in a fire on Apollo 1 while the rocket was on the launch pad.
 Beginning with Apollo 15, a small electric car was used to transport the astronauts across the surface of the moon. A total of twelve men walked on the moon, but after Apollo 17 in 1972, the program came to an end.  The Saturn 5 booster constructed for Apollo 18 carried Skylab, America's first space station, into orbit.
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 ==References==
 <references />
 [[Category:Space Exploration]]
 [[Category:Space Race]]
 [[Category:Moon]]

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 | [[Apollo 9]]
-| First manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module
+| First manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module.
 | March 3rd, 1969
 | March 13th, 1969
 |-
 | [[Apollo 10]]
-| Second manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module
+| Second manned test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module.
 | May 18th, 1969
 | May 26th, 1969
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 |-
 | [[Apollo 15]]
-| Fourth manned moon landing
+| Fourth manned moon landing.
 | July 26th, 1971
 | August 7th, 1971
 |-
 | [[Apollo 16]]
-| Fifth manned moon landing
+| Fifth manned moon landing.
 | April 16, 1972
 | April 27th, 1972
 |-
 | [[Apollo 17]]
-| Sixth manned moon landing
+| Sixth manned moon landing.
 | December 17th, 1972
 | December 19th, 1972
 |-
 | [[SkyLab|SkyLab 1]]
-| Launch of the first American space station
+| Launch of the first American space station.
 | May 14th, 1973
 | July 11th, 1979
 |-
 | [[SkyLab 2]]
-| First crew flying to the SkyLab space station
+| First crew flying to the SkyLab space station.
 | May 5th, 1973
 | June 22nd, 1973
 |-
 | [[SkyLab 3]]
-| Second crew flying to SkyLab
+| Second crew flying to SkyLab.
 | July 28th, 1973
 | September 25th, 1973
 |-
 | [[SkyLab 4]]
-| Third and last crew flying to SkyLab
+| Third and last crew flying to SkyLab.
 | November 16th, 1973
 | February 8th, 1974
 |-
 | [[Apollo-Soyuz test project]]
-| Docking of an Apollo with Russian [[Soyuz]] spacecraft, meeting of the astronauts of both nations
+| Docking of an Apollo with Russian [[Soyuz]] spacecraft, meeting of the astronauts of both nations.
 | July 15th, 1975
 | July 24th, 1975