NASA Shuts Down Kim Kardashian Claims That Moon Landing Was Fake

NASA has shut down Kim Kardashian’s claim that the 1969 Moon landing “didn’t happen,” after the reality star floated the conspiracy theory during the latest episode of The Kardashians.

In the episode, filmed on the set of her upcoming drama All’s Fair, Kim Kardashian is seen chatting with Sarah Paulson while getting her makeup done. “I’m sending you a million articles with both Buzz Aldrin and the other one,” she tells Paulson, referring to astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. Reading what is supposedly a quote from Aldrin on her phone, Kim says, “There was no scary moment because it didn’t happen. It could’ve been scary, but it wasn’t because it didn’t happen.”

She later doubles down, telling a producer, “I center conspiracies all the time,” and adds, “I don’t think we did. I teen 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.”

The comments quickly drew NASA’s attention. Acting administrator Sean Duffy took to X (formerly Twitter) to respond directly to Kardashian, writing: “Yes, we’ve been to the Moon before… 6 times!” Duffy went on to highlight the agency’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface. “We won the last space race and we will win this one too,” he added, tagging Kardashian in the post.

Kardashian later replied with a question about a recently discovered interstellar object 3I/Atlas, which astronomers believe could be the oldest comet ever seen, writing, “Wait…. what’s the tea on 3I Atlas?!?!!!!!!!?????”

NASA has long pushed back against conspiracy theories claiming the Apollo 11 mission was staged. The Institute of Physics has stated that “every single argument claiming that NASA faked the Moon landings has been discredited.” In 2022, Reuters also debunked viral videos misinterpreting Aldrin’s comments, confirming that he was referring to “animations used by broadcasters at the time in their coverage of the moon landing, intercut with real footage,” not that the moon landing itself was fake.

Despite the agency’s repeated clarifications, Moon landing conspiracies remain a staple of internet lore — and now, apparently, The Kardashians. Duffy later extended an olive branch, inviting Kardashian to the Kennedy Space Center to witness NASA’s next Moon mission firsthand.