2 People 24076 Fact-checks 7585 Articles People (2) Election Integrity Project California Freedom From Religion Foundation Fact-checks (24076) Viral image stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: NASA is “just a film studio, and all they do are movies.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023 Bill Posey stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.: "The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..." By Laura Figueroa• February 23, 2011 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 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 24, 2021 Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in an image shared on Instagram: Footage NASA shared from the DART spacecraft just before it crashed itself into an asteroid isn’t real. By Madison Czopek• September 29, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The Boeing Starliner’s stranded astronauts are not with us anymore,” and “they won’t come back.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 8, 2025 Instagram posts stated on May 03, 2023 in an Instagram post: NASA's T-minus launch countdown is a mocking reference to Satan. By Loreben Tuquero• May 5, 2023 Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House: The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally." By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018 AntiNews.in stated on May 21, 2017 in a blog post: "Chinese lunar rover finds no evidence of American moon landings." By Manuela Tobias• June 22, 2017 Viral image stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2019 Viral image stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video proves “space is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2024 in a Facebook post: Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment. By Jeff Cercone• May 13, 2024 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 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 Antiwar.com stated on April 09, 2018 in an article on the Antiwar.com website: "Red Crescent Says No Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma." By Jon Greenberg• April 13, 2018 Chain email stated on October 25, 2011 in a chain e-mail: Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space." By Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2011 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook reel: NASA warns of “internet apocalypse,” which “means they can execute the Great Reset in silence without anyone knowing it.” By Sara Swann• June 29, 2023 Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition: "By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does." By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015 Chain email stated on June 25, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: "The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed." By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2009 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 Articles (7585) Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is especially lawless. Could Putin be tried for war crimes? By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2022 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 A guide to the attacks on Patrick Murphy’s resume By Amy Sherman• June 29, 2016 Readers talk back to the Truth-O-Meter By Tim Murphy• November 7, 2010 Military bases named for Confederates: Renaming suggestions from military historians By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2020 Climate change e-mails and Copenhagen By Catharine Richert• December 12, 2009 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s United Nations speech By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 25, 2018 What makes America "exceptional?" By Dave Umhoefer• April 6, 2015 FEMA conspiracy theories have existed for decades. Here's how the internet has amplified them. By Jeff Cercone• October 22, 2024 No maverick cred for Obama By Shawn Zeller• October 8, 2008 The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it? By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019 The most outlandish claims we’ve fact-checked about Queen Elizabeth II By Gabrielle Settles• September 12, 2022 Six fact-checks over Texas, our reader favorites in June By W. 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Viral image stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: NASA is “just a film studio, and all they do are movies.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023 Bill Posey stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.: "The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..." By Laura Figueroa• February 23, 2011 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 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 24, 2021 Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in an image shared on Instagram: Footage NASA shared from the DART spacecraft just before it crashed itself into an asteroid isn’t real. By Madison Czopek• September 29, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The Boeing Starliner’s stranded astronauts are not with us anymore,” and “they won’t come back.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 8, 2025 Instagram posts stated on May 03, 2023 in an Instagram post: NASA's T-minus launch countdown is a mocking reference to Satan. By Loreben Tuquero• May 5, 2023 Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House: The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally." By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018 AntiNews.in stated on May 21, 2017 in a blog post: "Chinese lunar rover finds no evidence of American moon landings." By Manuela Tobias• June 22, 2017 Viral image stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 24, 2019 Viral image stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video proves “space is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2024 in a Facebook post: Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment. By Jeff Cercone• May 13, 2024 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 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 Antiwar.com stated on April 09, 2018 in an article on the Antiwar.com website: "Red Crescent Says No Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma." By Jon Greenberg• April 13, 2018 Chain email stated on October 25, 2011 in a chain e-mail: Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space." By Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2011 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook reel: NASA warns of “internet apocalypse,” which “means they can execute the Great Reset in silence without anyone knowing it.” By Sara Swann• June 29, 2023 Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition: "By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does." By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015 Chain email stated on June 25, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: "The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed." By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2009 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
Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is especially lawless. Could Putin be tried for war crimes? By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2022 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 A guide to the attacks on Patrick Murphy’s resume By Amy Sherman• June 29, 2016 Readers talk back to the Truth-O-Meter By Tim Murphy• November 7, 2010 Military bases named for Confederates: Renaming suggestions from military historians By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2020 Climate change e-mails and Copenhagen By Catharine Richert• December 12, 2009 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s United Nations speech By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 25, 2018 What makes America "exceptional?" By Dave Umhoefer• April 6, 2015 FEMA conspiracy theories have existed for decades. Here's how the internet has amplified them. By Jeff Cercone• October 22, 2024 No maverick cred for Obama By Shawn Zeller• October 8, 2008 The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it? By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019 The most outlandish claims we’ve fact-checked about Queen Elizabeth II By Gabrielle Settles• September 12, 2022 Six fact-checks over Texas, our reader favorites in June By W. Gardner Selby• July 8, 2015 Understanding Poland's ‘Holocaust law’ By Manuela Tobias• March 9, 2018 Mailbag: The non-Obamacare edition By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2013 Fact-checking Georgia's tight U.S. Senate race By April Hunt• September 23, 2014 Fact-checking the integrity of the vote in 2016 By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2016 Spotlight on 6 of Joe Biden’s campaign promises as he gives the 2024 State of the Union By Matthew Crowley• March 7, 2024 PolitiFact California’s Top 10 fact checks of 2016 By Chris Nichols• December 29, 2016
