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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 8, 2022 a photo:
Says photo shows "the sharpest image of the sun ever recorded."
False
By Monique Curet • May 11, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2022 a video:
March 2022 moon crash was orchestrated by the government and visible from Earth.
False
By Monique Curet • April 18, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 16, 2022 a video on Facebook:
Buzz Aldrin’s comments during an interview with Conan O’Brien prove the moon landing was fake.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 16, 2022
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Viral image
stated on January 11, 2022 an Instagram post:
Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on July 20, 2021 a tweet:
Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2021
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on October 6, 2020 a debate:
Says Mark Kelly took to space a “Chinese communist banner.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2020
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Viral image
stated on October 22, 2019 a Facebook post:
A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures while the "Russians used a pencil instead."
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 21, 2019
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Viral image
stated on April 23, 2019 a Facebook post:
Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 29, 2018 a blog post:
NASA Has Just Confirmed Earth Has A New Moon
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2018
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 6, 2014 a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show':
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 12, 2014
Texas Liberty PAC
Texas Liberty PAC
stated on February 22, 2014 a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin:
Says Lamar Smith "sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 18, 2011 his inauguration address:
Says the first word spoken from the moon was "Houston."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2011
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