The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has dismissed Kim Kardashian’s claim that the 1969 moon landing, which saw humans set foot on the lunar surface for the first time, was staged.
Kardashian made the comments in the latest episode of her reality TV show The Kardashians, where she told actress Sarah Paulson that she believed the historic Apollo 11 mission “didn’t happen”.
In the episode, the reality star is seen showing Paulson an interview clip featuring astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who, alongside Neil Armstrong, participated in the 1969 mission.
“I’m sending you a million articles with both Buzz Aldrin and the other one,” Kardashian said before reading a quote she claimed was from Aldrin.
“There was no scary moment because it didn’t happen. It could’ve been scary, but it wasn’t because it didn’t happen.”
It was not immediately clear which article Kardashian was referring to, or whether the quote was genuine.
Moments later, she told a producer, “I centre conspiracies all the time,” adding that she believed “the moon landing was fake”.
“I’ve seen a few videos on Buzz Aldrin talking about how it didn’t happen. He says it all the time now, in interviews. Maybe we should find Buzz Aldrin,” she said.
Reacting on Thursday via X, Sean Duffy, NASA’s acting administrator, refuted Kardashian’s claims.
Duffy also promoted the agency’s current lunar exploration programme Artemis.
“Yes, we’ve been to the moon before… 6 times! And even better: @NASAArtemis is going back under the leadership of @POTUS,” he said.
“We won the last space race and we will win this one too”
Kardashian later responded to Duffy’s post with a lighthearted question about an interstellar object known as 3I/Atlas, which astronomers said could be the oldest comet ever observed.
“Wait…. what’s the tea on 3I Atlas?!?!!!!!!!?????” she replied.
