NASA’s Apollo moon landing was fake? Shocking ‘new evidence’ sparks debate

Kim Kardashian raised eyebrows after claiming the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) historic Apollo 11 mission was fake. 

She said the 1969 moon landings, including that of Neil Armstrong, were an elaborate hoax.

The reality TV star asked the following questions to back her point.

• Why is the flag blowing when there’s no gravity on the moon?
• The shoes in the museum are different from the footprint on the moon, shown in pictures?
• Why there were no stars visible in the pictures?

Now, several scientists have hit back with “factual” evidence to prove that Apollo 11 was real.

An astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Dr Greg Brown, said that rocket technology capable of reaching the Moon has existed since World War II. However, the technology to fake such a massive mission did not.

Some experts also dismissed Kim’s claim by pointing to the 380 kilogram of rock that astronomers brought back from the Moon.

Here is some of the most substantial evidence that proves Apollo 11 was real.

• Equipment on the Moon
• Lunar rocks on Earth
• Nearly impossible to fake such a massive mission

Every mission that has landed on the Moon has left behind scientific hardware for future research purposes. Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2011, with the highest resolution ever, revealed the landing sites of Apollo 12, 14 and 17.

NASA astronauts didn’t just visit the moon, they also brought back 380 kilograms of lunar rocks and soil (lunar samples) as souvenirs. Laboratories from China and Russia have also examined the rocks and never claimed that the moon landing was a hoax.

According to Dr Brown, there were no AI or image generation tools in 1969. He added that it was almost impossible to produce convincing footage of people in space.

He added that it was a space race at that time between the USA and USSR, adding that even the USSR never questioned the authenticity of Apollo 11’s landing.