According to the Russian space agency, this can be proven through the lunar rock samples brought back by American astronauts.
The head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Borisov, stated that Roscosmos has evaluated the conspiracy theories surrounding the U.S. Apollo program, and the results indicate that the U.S. space agency (NASA) successfully sent humans to the Moon.
This conclusion is based not only on images provided by NASA but also on the lunar rocks brought back to Earth by American astronauts.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission during the historic Moon landing on July 20, 1969. (Photo: Getty Images)
Roscosmos also compared NASA’s lunar rock samples with those collected by the Soviet Union in the past.
“According to the assessment by the Roscosmos Academy of Sciences, NASA’s rock samples are from the Moon,” Mr. Borisov said, emphasizing that the samples have been analyzed in multiple countries, not just Russia.
This statement was made by Mr. Borisov on the sidelines of a Russian parliament meeting on July 3.
Previously, former Roscosmos director Dmitry Rogozin expressed skepticism about the U.S. Apollo missions, suggesting that some Roscosmos officials were helping NASA cover up the truth.
According to Mr. Rogozin, some scholars were even angry at him for complicating international relations and weakening “cooperation with NASA.”
Although all American space missions during the Cold War were closely monitored by the Soviet Union, skeptics have questioned the authenticity of the Apollo program since astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Conspiracy theorists claim that the Moon landings were actually staged by NASA, and they needed to respond quickly to the Soviet Union sending the world’s first cosmonaut, Yury Gagarin, into space on April 12, 1961.
Despite many conspiracy theories being debunked over the years, numerous polls indicate that between 5% and 20% of Americans believe their country’s lunar exploration program was a hoax.
In Russia, a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Research Center (WCIOM) in 2020 showed that nearly 50% of respondents believed the U.S. government “faked” the Apollo landings, while only 31% stated they believed the landings were real.
NASA ceased sending lunar landers after the Apollo 17 mission concluded in December 1972.
Earlier this year, a U.S.-designed spacecraft landed on the Moon for the first time in over half a century, marking “America’s return to the Moon.” However, NASA’s Artemis program remains behind schedule, and it may not be until 2026 that they can return humans to Earth’s natural satellite.
