Latest Fact-Checks In Space

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 4, 2016 a town hall in Manchester, N.H.
China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016
B.o.B.
B.o.B.
stated on January 25, 2016 in a Jan. 25 tweet
"You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 27, 2016 a committee hearing
"Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground."
Mostly True
By Anthony Cave • January 30, 2016
Other Space
Other Space
stated on July 14, 2015 in a Change.org petition
"By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 21, 2015
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
X posts
X posts
stated on January 7, 2014 posts on Twitter
It’s warmer on Mars than it is in parts of the United States and Canada during the polar vortex.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • January 7, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2013 a Facebook post
The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion.
True
By Janel Davis • September 16, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the CPAC conference
Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to "develop a menu for when we colonize Mars."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 a debate
Says Connie Mack was "the only member of the Florida delegation that voted against a bill to help NASA."
Mostly True
By Brittany Alana Davis • November 1, 2012
stated on December 9, 2011 a column in the New York Times
Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 25, 2011 a chain e-mail
Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 7, 2011 an interview with CBS
"From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station"
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2011
Michael Turner
Michael Turner
stated on April 30, 2010 a letter from the Ohio congressional delegation to NASA
A space shuttle the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton would be "within a day's drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • April 14, 2011
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
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on July 19, 2010 a Twitter post
Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 1, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 8, 2010 a news account of a speech
The Obama administration "spent more money on the Cash for Clunkers program than the space program."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2010
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