Latest Fact-Checks In Space

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stated on May 15, 2022 a Facebook post
Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.”
False
May 18, 2022
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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2022 a Facebook post
“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • March 29, 2022
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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
February 16, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 28, 2021 a post
“NASA hired 24 theologians to study human reaction to aliens.”
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • January 18, 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
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
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
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
May 7, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 23, 2018 a blog post
"NASA says an asteroid bigger than a football pitch is heading towards Earth."
Mostly False
By Lucia Geng • August 24, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 19, 2018 a headline
"NASA prepping 17-year-old Alyssa Carson to become first human on Mars."
Mostly False
July 20, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 23, 2018 a blog post
"NASA announced that it communicated with four races of aliens."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • June 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 8, 2018 in a blog
The "moon has more than 250 million citizens." 
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • April 13, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 9, 2018 a web post
Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2018
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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 a cabinet meeting at the White House
The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2018
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