Lunar landing operations for the Apollo 11 crew officially began around 9:27 a.m. July 20, when lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin crawled through a tunnel separating the. ‘If you think the moon landing was fake, you need a new brain’: Professor Brian Cox and Buzz Aldrin slam Twitter conspiracy theorists who doubt the Apollo 11 mission Read CNN's First Moon Landing Fast Facts and learn more about the Apollo 11 landing on July 20, 1969, commanded by Neil Armstrong. Thirty-five years ago astronaut Neil Armstrong did something no one had ever done before. On July 20, 1969, he set foot on the moon. People around the world watched. Conspiracy Theories. On the 40th anniversary of the moon landing — or was it just a sinister hoax? — TIME looks at 10 of the world's most enduring conspiracy theories A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned (robotic) missions. The first human-made. The theory that the moon landings were hoaxed by the US government to assert their victory in the space race over Russia, is something which has grown in. The video of the very first moon landing of the apollo 11 mission in 1969! Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon with his now legenday. Apollo 11 40th anniversary, Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins Moon landing conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories which claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were.