Conspiracy theories about the 1969 moon landing are still popular in Russia. Russia said it will use a planned trip to the moon to \u201cverify\u201d\u2026<\/b>
\nConspiracy theories about the 1969 moon landing are still popular in Russia.
Russia said it will use a planned trip to the moon to \u201cverify\u201d whether the United States had ever actually landed there, settling once and for all the conspiracy theories regarding the 1969 moon landing.
\u201cWe have set this objective to fly and verify whether they\u2019ve been there or not,\u201d Rogozin said in a video posted to Twitter.
The report noted that conspiracy theories about the moon landing are common, especially in Russia. Some of these theorists believe that the famous 1969 moon landing was faked, with the footage actually being filmed in a movie studio. But others say that the Soviet government was behind much of these theories in an attempt to sow doubts in American abilities during the Cold War. That has also cast doubt on the current statements that the Russians will \u201cverify\u201d whether the United States actually went to the moon.
Were US moon landings real? We\u2019ll verify, says Russia space agency chief
\u201cWe have set this objective to fly and verify whether they\u2019ve been there or not,\u201d said Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia\u2019s Roscosmos space agency #Moon https:\/\/t.co\/jKCr1YDCmy
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The theories have persisted even after the Soviet Union ended its lunar program in the mid-1970s and after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Three years ago, a spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee called for an investigation into whether NASA had actually landed on the moon.
There have long been rumors of so-called \u201clost cosmonauts\u201d and even some recordings claiming to show them drifting out of orbit and toward certain death. Other suspicious video clips show what is purported to be cosmonauts walking on the moon and planting a flag, though their space suits don\u2019t match what the Soviet cosmonauts actually wore at the time.<\/p>\n