In this episode of Mythbusters, the Moon Landing, the team tackles the tallest tale of all! 

On July the 16th, 1969, the world watched as three brave astronauts headed for the moon. Then, 5 days later came that extraordinary moment in time when Neil Armstrong took his first tentative extraterrestrial steps.

But with those momentous images did we really leap into the future? Or were we pushed into believing a giant PR stunt?

Did NASA pull off the greatest cover-up in human history? 

With over 50 individual myths on this topic, Adam and Jamie first focused on the photos. In Faked Photos they test the theory that two of NASA's most famous images were shot in a studio. Do non-parallel shadows and an artfully lit astronaut require multiple light sources and hangar in Area 51? 

Then in Slowed Film Fakery they investigate the myth that to get that classic 'low lunar gravity look' the government shot the footage in a studio and simply slowed it down. First Adam and Jamie recreate their own moon walk before confirming their findings on board G-Force 1 in micro-gravity identical to the moon. And in the interests of science Adam wear his wedding present to prove it!

Meanwhile nature may abhor a vacuum but Kari, Grant and Tory love them.

In Vacuum Clean Up the team take on the claims that footage of footprints and flags flapping has to be faked. In a vacuum there's no water so how can Buzz Aldrin's famous bootprints have happened. And without any wind why does the stars and stripes flutter as if caught in a breeze? Questions the guys answer by breaching NASA's inner sanctum!

And finally in Moon Laser Adam and Jamie travel to New Mexico where they find a scientific installation that can blow this whole myth wide open!

Will they verify the lunar lunacy or bust it for good?

Related links:
- Visit the Mythbusters website for more myths, games and info
- Got to the NASA 50th Anniversary website for information, image galleries and videos of NASA's most famous missions