NASA rejects Kardashian’s declare Moon touchdown ‘did not occur’

NASA hit again on Thursday at actuality TV star Kim Kardashian’s declare that the 1969 moon touchdown “did not occur,” a idea persistently debunked over many years.

“Sure, we have been to the moon earlier than… 6 occasions!” NASA appearing administrator Sean Duffy wrote on social media platform X.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the primary steps on the moon’s floor through the Apollo 11 mission.

Nevertheless, conspiracy theories concerning the moon touchdown have swirled for almost 50 years, with the newest feedback approaching the newest episode of the A-list celeb’s collection “The Kardashians.”

“I am sending you 1,000,000 articles with each Buzz Aldrin and the opposite one,” Kardashian tells co-star Sarah Paulson.

Kardashian then reads a quote allegedly from Aldrin, responding to a query concerning the scariest second of the expedition.

“There was no scary second as a result of it did not occur. It may’ve been scary, however it wasn’t as a result of it did not occur,” she mentioned.

It stays unclear to which article Kardashian was referring or whether or not the feedback have been from Aldrin, who was alleged to have punched a person in 2022 for harassing him concerning the Apollo 11 mission being a hoax.

Talking with producers within the episode, Kardashian once more claims the area mission was “pretend” and cites “just a few movies on Buzz Aldrin speaking about the way it did not occur.”

“He says it on a regular basis now in interviews,” she mentioned.

Duffy tagged Kardashian in his X publish and highlighted the Artemis mission, NASA’s present moon exploration program.

“We received the final area race and we are going to win this one too,” he mentioned earlier than inviting Kardashian to the Kennedy House Middle for the mission’s launch.

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