US space agency NASA has rejected reality star Kim Kardashian's claim that the 1969 space mission to land the first man on the Moon was faked.
Yes, we've been to the Moon before... 6 times! NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy wrote on social media.
Kardashian made the comments on the latest episode of her long-running TV series 'The Kardashians,' telling co-star Sarah Paulson she thought the Moon landing didn't happen.
Despite being consistently debunked, conspiracy theories regarding whether humans actually reached the Moon have persisted for over 50 years, particularly with the rise of social media.
In the episode, Kardashian can be seen showing Paulson an interview with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who along with Neil Armstrong took the first steps on lunar soil during the Apollo 11 mission.
I'm sending you a million articles with both Buzz Aldrin and the other one, Kardashian says, before reading a quote allegedly from Aldrin in response to a question about the scariest moment of the expedition.
Moments later, the reality star is shown telling a producer, I center conspiracies all the time, adding that she believes the Moon landing was fake.
Following the broadcast, Duffy tagged Kardashian in a post on X to refute her claims and promote NASA's current moon exploration program, Artemis. He stated, We won the last space race and we will win this one too.
In response, Kardashian wrote back inquiring about the interstellar object named 3I/Atlas, which astronomers said could be the oldest comet ever seen.
Duffy later invited Kardashian to the Kennedy Space Center for the launch of the Artemis mission to the Moon.
For decades, scientists have rebuffed conspiracy theories surrounding the Apollo 11 mission, asserting that every argument claiming that NASA faked the Moon landings has been systematically disproven.
