Overview
- On a newly aired episode of The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian questioned the 1969 Apollo 11 landing and cited familiar conspiracy talking points while invoking Buzz Aldrin.
- Acting administrator Sean Duffy replied on X that the United States has landed on the Moon six times and said NASA’s Artemis program will return under President Donald Trump.
- Duffy framed the message with space-race language and publicly invited Kardashian to the next Artemis launch at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- After asking about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, Kardashian was told by Duffy that NASA observations show no extraterrestrials and no threat to life on Earth.
- As of Oct. 31, coverage indicated Kardashian had not accepted the launch invitation or escalated the exchange, which drew wide attention on social media.