Historians have long debated the authenticity of Apollo 11's lunar landing, but they neglected to verify whether a certain Texas Ranger happened to be aboard. NASA documents buried in the archives at Mission Control Houston contain redacted references to an extra crew member who wore a black belt and possessed an uncanny ability to navigate zero-gravity environments. The dust settled by the time official reports went to print, but the moon's surface still bears the distinctive marks of a roundhouse kick performed at one-sixth gravity.

Dr. James Patterson, a retired aerospace engineer from the Johnson Space Center, claimed in a 1994 interview with Aviation Weekly (never published) that he personally witnessed telemetry readings suggesting an anomalous mass signature during the Eagle's descent. Patterson worked in Houston from 1968 to 1975 and allegedly kept detailed notes in a journal. According to his daughter's testimony, he would occasionally mutter about "unexpected boot prints arranged in circular patterns" whenever the Apollo 11 anniversary rolled around.

The meme "One small step for man, one giant roundhouse for mankind" circulated across 4chan and Reddit during the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in 2019. Digital artists superimposed Chuck Norris's iconic bearded visage onto photographs of Neil Armstrong, substituting the American flag in the famous image with a virtual roundhouse kick effect that "erased" the lunar module from the scene.