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U.S. astronauts didn't land on the moon? Former Roscosmos boss with confused thesis

2023-05-12T12:56:00.345Z

Highlights: Dmitry Rogozin, former head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, doubts U.S. moon landings. He says he received evidence of the Americans' moon landing from "their people in our establishment" Until the first moon landing on July 21, 1969, the US and the Soviet Union were in the so-called "space race" Both nations closely watched each other's activities, including the moon landing. At the same time, the Soviets had reached an understanding in space: the Soviets and the US were in a race to the moon.



U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands in front of the American flag, which he and his colleague Neil Armstrong hoisted after landing on the moon. (archive image) © Imago/Nasa

The former head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos does not believe in the moon landing - but in an infiltration of the Soviet space program by the United States.

Moscow - In July 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the moon. The two have thus written history, which, however, is still doubted by some today. Now a prominent name joins the ranks of people who claim that the US did not land on the moon at all: Dmitry Rogozin. The Russian was one of Russia's deputy prime ministers for more than six years. From May 2018 to July 2022, he headed the Russian space agency Roskosmos. After his release, he went to the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine as a military adviser.

But even almost a year after his release, Rogozin still comments on space issues - in the current case, the moon landing of the United States, as reported by the portal Ars Technica. On his Telegram account, Rogozin wrote that during his time in the government and during his four-year tenure at Roskosmos, he asked his team to investigate whether the US space agency Nasa actually put humans on the moon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. "It was not clear to me how, at the level of technological development of the 60s of the last century, the United States could do what it still cannot do today," Rogozin writes.

Former Roscosmos chief doubts US moon landings

In response, he received angry responses from "NASA fans" within Roscosmos who did not want to interfere with cooperation with the United States on the International Space Station ISS. As proof of the moon landing, he only received a book by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. At the end of his "investigation," Rogozin declares that instead of receiving evidence of the Americans' moon landing, he received "evidence of their people in our establishment."

During his time as head of the Russian Space Agency, Rogozin did not attract attention by doubting the American "Apollo" program - he rather drew attention to himself through threats. For example, he regularly threatened that Russia would withdraw from the ISS program. As a consequence, the ISS could then crash to Earth, according to another popular threat from Rogozin.

Race to the moon: Soviet Union watched the USA closely

What makes his latest claim that the U.S. did not land on the moon particularly absurd is the following fact: Until the first moon landing on July 21, 1969, the U.S. and the then Soviet Union were in the so-called "space race," a race to the moon. Both nations closely watched each other's activities. Not only is it known that the Soviet Union observed the moon landing from the ground in real time - at the time when the lander with Armstrong and Aldrin touched down on the moon, a Soviet space probe was also in orbit around the moon.

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"Apollo 11" and "Luna 15" were the highlight of the "space race"

The parallel missions of "Apollo 11" and "Luna 15" are now considered the culmination of the race to the moon, which was decided with the American moon landing. At the same time, the two missions were the first time that the United States and the Soviet Union had reached an understanding in space: the Soviets published the flight plan of "Luna 15" to prevent the spacecraft from colliding with "Apollo 11". It seems that this part of history has been forgotten in some Russian circles. (tab)

Moon landings are still difficult today, as evidenced by the failure of a Japanese mission.

Source: merkur

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