Overview
- On an Oct. 30 episode of The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian told Sarah Paulson she believes the 1969 Apollo 11 landing was fake, a segment that circulated widely online.
- NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy responded on X, stating the United States has landed on the Moon six times and pointing viewers to the agency’s ongoing Artemis program.
- Reuters and other fact-checkers noted the Buzz Aldrin videos cited by Kardashian were misrepresented, explaining he was referring to broadcasters’ animations used with real footage.
- Kardashian engaged with Duffy on X by asking about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and Duffy invited her to an upcoming Artemis launch at Kennedy Space Center.
- Scientific authorities, including the Institute of Physics, reiterated the consensus that claims of a faked moon landing have been discredited and that multiple lines of evidence confirm the Apollo missions.