Why was the American flag on the moon waving during Apollo 11?

For two and a half hours, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin explored the lunar surface on foot while Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 orbiter around the ... Another 'giveaway' that the landing was faked comes from the footage of the American flag that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin placed on the Moon. read more

The flag was moving because the flagstaff was moving. Flag and staff were packaged as a kit which was transported in a small compartment on the exterior of the lunar lander. read more

The American flags left on the Moon during the Apollo program cannot do so because there is no atmosphere on the Moon, ergo, no wind. Believing that you see them photographed as flapping in the breeze is because you may not understand how the flags are suspended, and how they react in the airless Moon’s 1/6th gravity. read more

The flag's waves, they argue, were created by a breeze in some top secret NASA stage set depicting the moon's surface. Flag Politics There were political implications as well, according to Anne Platoff, a historian who wrote about the Apollo 11 flag in a paper, Where No Flag Has Flown Before. read more