2 People 23680 Fact-checks 7046 Articles People (2) More Perfect Union Ban Ki-moon Fact-checks (23680) Rick Perry stated on January 18, 2011 in his inauguration address: Says the first word spoken from the moon was "Houston." By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 22, 2011 Bill Maher stated on April 17, 2015 in his monologue on "Real Time": "More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013." By Katie Sanders• April 23, 2015 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion. By Janel Davis• September 16, 2013 Viral image stated on April 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 7, 2019 Facebook posts stated on February 06, 2023 in a Facebook post: “The moon is a habitable place.” By Madison Czopek• March 6, 2023 Instagram posts stated on May 04, 2023 in an Instagram post: The phone President Richard Nixon used to talk to the first astronauts on the moon is evidence the 1969 moon landing was faked. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 5, 2023 Viral image stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video proves “space is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Instagram posts stated on December 01, 2023 in a photo: The International Space Station is in a pool, not in space. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 5, 2023 Viral image stated on April 12, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video proves the moon landing was a hoax. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 8, 2024 Bloggers stated on April 09, 2018 in a web post: Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life." By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2018 Instagram posts stated on February 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.” By Samantha Putterman• February 16, 2024 Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.” By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022 Viral image stated on October 04, 2022 in an Instagram post: Buzz Aldrin admitted that the moon landing “didn’t happen.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 6, 2022 Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in Instagram post: “If outer space was a vacuum, astronauts would train in vacuum chambers. Not in swimming pools. Outer Space is a hoax.” By Michael Majchrowicz• November 1, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Astronaut Karen Nyberg filmed what “was supposedly a video from space” in front of a green screen. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.: "If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space." By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel: There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real. By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024 Viral image stated on February 16, 2022 in a video on Facebook: Buzz Aldrin’s comments during an interview with Conan O’Brien prove the moon landing was fake. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 16, 2022 Tom Graves stated on December 19, 2013 in a Tweet: "More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable." By Eric Stirgus• January 3, 2014 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2023 in an Instagram post: NASA space rockets can’t reach space. By Tom Kertscher• June 26, 2023 Articles (7046) Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online By Daniel Funke• July 18, 2019 Houston wasn't the first word spoken from the moon By W. Gardner Selby• July 20, 2015 Mailbag: “You should have a Socialist-O-Meter” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2011 Obama's budget reshapes the U.S. space agenda By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2010 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 PolitiFact Georgia at 5 shares some favorite claims By Nancy Badertscher• June 2, 2015 No football, killer seat belts By W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2011 Rick Scott halfway to jobs promise? Not so fast By Katie Sanders• August 16, 2013 Explaining Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70 percent marginal tax rate idea By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2019 Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Ridiculous, petty — but true By Amy Hollyfield• December 7, 2007 PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 fact-checks for February 2016 By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• March 1, 2016 Fact-checking the South Carolina GOP debate By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2016 Help fund live fact-checking of the 2015 State of the Union By Aaron Sharockman• January 7, 2015 Checking Evers' promises on Act 10, prisons, commissions By Eric Litke• January 22, 2021 Fact-checking the GOP Senate debate By Warren Fiske, Sean Gorman• April 30, 2012 Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union: How to watch, what he'll talk about, who's responding By Ellen Hine• February 6, 2023 What a US exit from the WHO means for global health By Amy Maxmen• January 27, 2025 Rating Scott Walker promises on transportation By Tom Kertscher• May 27, 2016 Fact-checking Florida’s Legislature at the halfway point By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• April 1, 2015
Rick Perry stated on January 18, 2011 in his inauguration address: Says the first word spoken from the moon was "Houston." By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 22, 2011 Bill Maher stated on April 17, 2015 in his monologue on "Real Time": "More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013." By Katie Sanders• April 23, 2015 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion. By Janel Davis• September 16, 2013 Viral image stated on April 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 7, 2019 Facebook posts stated on February 06, 2023 in a Facebook post: “The moon is a habitable place.” By Madison Czopek• March 6, 2023 Instagram posts stated on May 04, 2023 in an Instagram post: The phone President Richard Nixon used to talk to the first astronauts on the moon is evidence the 1969 moon landing was faked. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 5, 2023 Viral image stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video proves “space is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Instagram posts stated on December 01, 2023 in a photo: The International Space Station is in a pool, not in space. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 5, 2023 Viral image stated on April 12, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video proves the moon landing was a hoax. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 8, 2024 Bloggers stated on April 09, 2018 in a web post: Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life." By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2018 Instagram posts stated on February 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.” By Samantha Putterman• February 16, 2024 Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.” By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022 Viral image stated on October 04, 2022 in an Instagram post: Buzz Aldrin admitted that the moon landing “didn’t happen.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 6, 2022 Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in Instagram post: “If outer space was a vacuum, astronauts would train in vacuum chambers. Not in swimming pools. Outer Space is a hoax.” By Michael Majchrowicz• November 1, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Astronaut Karen Nyberg filmed what “was supposedly a video from space” in front of a green screen. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.: "If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space." By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel: There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real. By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024 Viral image stated on February 16, 2022 in a video on Facebook: Buzz Aldrin’s comments during an interview with Conan O’Brien prove the moon landing was fake. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 16, 2022 Tom Graves stated on December 19, 2013 in a Tweet: "More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable." By Eric Stirgus• January 3, 2014 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2023 in an Instagram post: NASA space rockets can’t reach space. By Tom Kertscher• June 26, 2023
Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online By Daniel Funke• July 18, 2019 Houston wasn't the first word spoken from the moon By W. Gardner Selby• July 20, 2015 Mailbag: “You should have a Socialist-O-Meter” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2011 Obama's budget reshapes the U.S. space agenda By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2010 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 PolitiFact Georgia at 5 shares some favorite claims By Nancy Badertscher• June 2, 2015 No football, killer seat belts By W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2011 Rick Scott halfway to jobs promise? Not so fast By Katie Sanders• August 16, 2013 Explaining Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70 percent marginal tax rate idea By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2019 Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Ridiculous, petty — but true By Amy Hollyfield• December 7, 2007 PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 fact-checks for February 2016 By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• March 1, 2016 Fact-checking the South Carolina GOP debate By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2016 Help fund live fact-checking of the 2015 State of the Union By Aaron Sharockman• January 7, 2015 Checking Evers' promises on Act 10, prisons, commissions By Eric Litke• January 22, 2021 Fact-checking the GOP Senate debate By Warren Fiske, Sean Gorman• April 30, 2012 Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union: How to watch, what he'll talk about, who's responding By Ellen Hine• February 6, 2023 What a US exit from the WHO means for global health By Amy Maxmen• January 27, 2025 Rating Scott Walker promises on transportation By Tom Kertscher• May 27, 2016 Fact-checking Florida’s Legislature at the halfway point By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• April 1, 2015
