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Search results for "Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 36th anniversary on April 24"

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Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses”
By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022
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
Rush Limbaugh stated on March 06, 2014 in a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show':
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
By Katie Sanders• March 12, 2014
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”
By Samantha Putterman• March 29, 2022
American Crossroads stated on September 22, 2010 in an election ad:
Says Lee Fisher "wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state."
By Tom Feran• October 5, 2010
Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.
By Samantha Putterman• November 22, 2021
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
X posts stated on April 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows students in Lviv celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday.
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 20, 2022
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2022 in a video:
March 2022 moon crash was orchestrated by the government and visible from Earth.
By Monique Curet• April 18, 2022
Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
"I have the No. 1 show on NBC."
By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2011
Viral image stated on November 07, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“NASA admits space and planets are fake.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 8, 2023
Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2022 in a photo:
Says photo shows "the sharpest image of the sun ever recorded."
By Monique Curet• May 11, 2022
Ted Cruz stated on March 11, 2015 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."
By W. Gardner Selby• March 13, 2015
Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:
The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today.
By Samantha Putterman• February 1, 2019
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 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
Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a video:
Footage “shows a completely flat horizon proving the flat Earth and completely destroying the globe theory.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 29, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says President Donald Trump is selling coronavirus-themed commemorative coins through the White House Gift Shop.
By Samantha Putterman• May 1, 2020
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2025
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"The Sun is out of place, the Moon is out of place and the stars are out of place. The compasses are off" because of a shift in the Earth’s poles.
By Grace Abels• August 3, 2022

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