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When the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed on the moon in 1969 , around 600 million people were ____________________ ( NERVE ) watching it on their TVs . This was a dangerous mission , but ____________________ ( HOPE ) this would be the first time men set foot on the moon . The landing went well and some ____________________ ( AMAZE ) pictures of the astronauts' first steps on the moon were sent back to Earth .
However , it wasn't long before some people started to doubt the truth of the moon landings . They became ____________________ ( SUSPICION ) about some of the photographs , saying that they were tricks . They argued that NASA , along with a whole team of film directors and writers , were ____________________ ( RESPONSE ) for it . According to them , there were problems with the light and shadows in the pictures and that in ____________________ ( REAL ) , they had been taken in a studio . Over the years , NASA has ____________________ ( SUCCESS ) managed to convince most people that the moon landings did take place . However , ____________________ ( FORTUNE ) they haven't convinced everyone and these stories continue to appear on the internet .