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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

Mostly False

A far out claim

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

— PunditFact on Friday, August 24th, 2018

Mostly False

No official connection to NASA

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

— PunditFact on Friday, July 20th, 2018

Pants on Fire!

Aliens? Not even close

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"NASA announced that it communicated with four races of aliens."

— PunditFact on Monday, June 25th, 2018

Pants on Fire!

The Twilight Zone

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The "moon has more than 250 million citizens." 

— PunditFact on Friday, April 13th, 2018