The head of NASA has called out Kim Kardashian after the famous mogul and reality television star claimed that the iconic 1969 moon landing was faked.
In the most recent episode of "The Kardashians," a clip shows Kardashian, 45, telling actress Sarah Paulson that she believed the Apollo 11 lunar mission "didn't happen." Hours later, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy took to social media to push back on Kardashian's doubts, insisting that not only did Americans trailblaze their way to the moon in 1969, but returned five more times during the Apollo era.
Here's everything to know about what Kim Kardashian said about the U.S. moon landing, and how the U.S. space agency responded.
NASA's Apollo 11 mission made history in July 1969 as the first-ever spaceflight to land humans on the moon.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the commander of the mission, became known as the first person to step on to the lunar surface, followed by astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who piloted in the Lunar Module Eagle to the surface.
For more than two hours, the astronauts roamed the lunar surface – collecting moon samples and exploring a site they named "Tranquility Base" – before returning to the module to fly back up to orbit. There, they rejoined astronaut Michael Collins on the Command Module Columbia to make their way back to Earth.
But in the decades since, the iconic mission has become the source of several major conspiracy theories, primarily one claiming that the landing itself was a hoax entirely staged by NASA.
The conspiracy theory is one that billionaire Kim Kardashian, a major celebrity and entrepreneur with hundreds of millions of social media followers , recently amplified.
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