Statements about Space

Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures while the "Russians used a pencil instead."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

Says John Culberson got $680 million for a telescope in South America and voted against fixing dams and FEMA funding to prevent flooding.

— PolitiFact National on Monday, October 22nd, 2018

"NASA says an asteroid bigger than a football pitch is heading towards Earth."

— PunditFact on Friday, August 24th, 2018

"NASA prepping 17-year-old Alyssa Carson to become first human on Mars."

— PunditFact on Friday, July 20th, 2018