Finally, a Russian scientist puts an American conspiracy theory to rest
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon and planting the American flag there. They say the photos and videos of moon landing were all staged like a film production. The conspiracy theory has thrived on the internet, refusing to die despite persistent debunking by scientists and media.
Finally, a statement from a scientist from Russia, a rival space power and now an inimical force, can put this conspiracy theory to rest since the conspiracy theorists won't be able to find Russia's interest in confirming the truth of the moon landing. The US is the only country so far to land humans on the moon. Luna 25, Russia's first lunar mission, failed in 2023 when it aimed a soft landing on the Moon's South Pole but crashed on the Moon and was lost. Both India and China have successfully landed craft on the moon.
What the Russian expert says
<div data-placement=«Mid Article Thumbnails» data-target_type=«mix» data-mode=«thumbnails-mid» style=«min-height:400px; margin-bottom:12px;» class=«wdt-taboola» id=«taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-111491925»>Yury Borisov, the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, has said that Russian scientists examined a sample of lunar soil handed over by the United States. «As for whether Americans were on the Moon or not, I have only one fact. I looked into this matter. They once gave us a sample of the lunar soil delivered by the astronauts during that expedition. An examination by our Academy of Sciences confirmed that it is exactly lunar soil,» Borisov said in the State Duma on Wednesday after being asked by an MP about US astronauts' landing on the Moon, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
“According to the expertise of our Academy of Sciences, the lunar soil turned out to be lunar
