1) The Apollo landings were independently corroborated by amateur radio buffs and the Soviets.

2) To fool the above by putting a relay device up there, NASA would have left evidence of the hoax on the Moon for perpetuity.

Therefore, no hoax, the landings happened.

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Yonder is Dubhe seen on Earth tonight as it was in the days of Grover Cleveland's presidency whereas this way is Deneb seen as it was in the lifetime of Muhammed . If one somehow travelled to Deneb at very close to c then whenever you looked back you'd measure Earth as closer to you than the distance you would simultaneously measure between Earth and Dubhe.