Plot Synopsis

TRUTH BEHIND THE MOON LANDING is a one-hour docuseries that explores he most popular conspiracy claims surrounding the iconic moon landing with the help of former NASA Astronaut Leland Melvin, Iraq War veteran and former FBI agent Chad Jenkins and best-selling author Mike Bara. Almost immediately after the successful and triumphant Apollo 11 moon landing nearly fifty years ago, there were skeptics who refused to accept that humankind could accomplish such an enormous undertaking. Astonishingly, some of those same doubts persist today, despite the enormous scientific progress that has been made since then. This series turns over every stone, tests evidence, and applies scientific reasoning to the most popular conspiracies, delving into these questions and more by testing claims about how the Apollo 1 fire started; studying one of NASA's last existing Lunar Lander prototypes that Neil Armstrong trained on; seeking the expertise of one of Hollywood's most celebrated visual effects directors, Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey); and gaining access to NASA archives to uncover photos and footage never-before-seen by the general public.
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On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 10pm ET/PT, Science Channel premiered the season finale of TRUTH BEHIND THE MOON LANDING. In the season ender, "The Hollywood Conspiracy," some believe that the moon's waving American flag is the smoking gun that NASA faked the moon landing, and as a team of experts investigate this strange piece of evidence, the trail leads all the way to some of Hollywood's biggest names.